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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 507849" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>Pretty much this. When the Braves came to Atlanta they were instantly popular their first season. It did not last. Some of us remember attending games in later years in which we had fewer than 8000 fans in the stadium. The first soccer championship in the U.S. was won by the Atlanta Chiefs but no one in Atlanta, it felt like, even knew that happened. </p><p></p><p>Lots of reasons have been given over the years for the lack of fan enthusiasm and I suspect the answer is complicated. If you have ever visited a great sports town for a sporting event you instantly see the difference. The energy level is just different. It feels like an event. I used to have tickets to the Braves every season but when they started getting good I suddenly found the stadium filled with "beautiful people" for whom the game was just a backdrop for their night out of partying and being seen. They rarely actually watched the field and they were way too cool to yell at the field. They would not even know what a score card was. When the Braves are not winning and not the place to see and be seen, attendance tanks again. And so it goes with every other sports team in this town.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 507849, member: 1640"] Pretty much this. When the Braves came to Atlanta they were instantly popular their first season. It did not last. Some of us remember attending games in later years in which we had fewer than 8000 fans in the stadium. The first soccer championship in the U.S. was won by the Atlanta Chiefs but no one in Atlanta, it felt like, even knew that happened. Lots of reasons have been given over the years for the lack of fan enthusiasm and I suspect the answer is complicated. If you have ever visited a great sports town for a sporting event you instantly see the difference. The energy level is just different. It feels like an event. I used to have tickets to the Braves every season but when they started getting good I suddenly found the stadium filled with "beautiful people" for whom the game was just a backdrop for their night out of partying and being seen. They rarely actually watched the field and they were way too cool to yell at the field. They would not even know what a score card was. When the Braves are not winning and not the place to see and be seen, attendance tanks again. And so it goes with every other sports team in this town. [/QUOTE]
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