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Originally Posted by Okstate
50,000!?? The only team in MLB that pulls those crowds is the Yankees...and they're pushing it at around ~53,000 per game. Just for reference, the Mariners draw in 28,000 per game on average & we'd be lucky to match Seattle's attendance.
-When did Naito & Broadway become the only way out of the Pearl?
-How many people would stay after the game to grab a bite or just simply hang out?
-How many would take transit?
-How many live within walking distance (not to mention downtown hotel guests)?
-You would be looking at maybe 10,000 cars absolute max needing to vacate the area & that is a liberal guess IMHO.
I imagine after a game it would take 45 minutes for the bulk of traffic to exit.
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Here are the attendance figures for MLB ballparks of all the teams, if you'd like to compare the big league franchises. I would imagine that the first couple years of any expansion team (Portland??
), attendance could be way up there.....but then would drop off like most others to average crowds.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance