{"id":131,"date":"2020-06-06T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seattlenewsmaker.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2020-06-03T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T00:33:23","slug":"mariners-attendance-only-30-below-expected-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seattlenewsmaker.com\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"Mariners&#8217; Attendance Only 30% Below Expected This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=SeattleNewsmkr\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-wordpress\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\" aria-label=\"WordPress\"> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12.158,12.786L9.46,20.625c0.806,0.237,1.657,0.366,2.54,0.366c1.047,0,2.051-0.181,2.986-0.51 c-0.024-0.038-0.046-0.079-0.065-0.124L12.158,12.786z M3.009,12c0,3.559,2.068,6.634,5.067,8.092L3.788,8.341 C3.289,9.459,3.009,10.696,3.009,12z M18.069,11.546c0-1.112-0.399-1.881-0.741-2.48c-0.456-0.741-0.883-1.368-0.883-2.109 c0-0.826,0.627-1.596,1.51-1.596c0.04,0,0.078,0.005,0.116,0.007C16.472,3.904,14.34,3.009,12,3.009 c-3.141,0-5.904,1.612-7.512,4.052c0.211,0.007,0.41,0.011,0.579,0.011c0.94,0,2.396-0.114,2.396-0.114 C7.947,6.93,8.004,7.642,7.52,7.699c0,0-0.487,0.057-1.029,0.085l3.274,9.739l1.968-5.901l-1.401-3.838 C9.848,7.756,9.389,7.699,9.389,7.699C8.904,7.67,8.961,6.93,9.446,6.958c0,0,1.484,0.114,2.368,0.114 c0.94,0,2.397-0.114,2.397-0.114c0.485-0.028,0.542,0.684,0.057,0.741c0,0-0.488,0.057-1.029,0.085l3.249,9.665l0.897-2.996 C17.841,13.284,18.069,12.316,18.069,11.546z M19.889,7.686c0.039,0.286,0.06,0.593,0.06,0.924c0,0.912-0.171,1.938-0.684,3.22 l-2.746,7.94c2.673-1.558,4.47-4.454,4.47-7.771C20.991,10.436,20.591,8.967,19.889,7.686z M12,22C6.486,22,2,17.514,2,12 C2,6.486,6.486,2,12,2c5.514,0,10,4.486,10,10C22,17.514,17.514,22,12,22z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>SEATTLE, WA &#8211; The Seattle Mariners&#8217; attendance at T-Mobile Park in 2020 is only 30% below expectations this year, according to CEO John Stanton, despite the fact that every home game has been canceled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2018, General Manger Jerry DiPoto announced a euphemistic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/sports\/mariners\/looking-ahead-to-year-2-of-jerry-dipotos-step-back-plan-where-do-the-mariners-go-from-here\/\">&#8220;step back&#8221; plan<\/a> of trading away its expensive star players in return for cheaper prospects who might turn around the team&#8217;s fortunes in several years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We sized our season ticket and per-game visitor expectations this year after conducting a focus group with fans,&#8221; Stanton told reporters today. &#8220;We asked a group of die-hard fans to name their favorite players on the 2020 Mariners, and the only answers we got were &#8216;Felipe somebody,&#8217; &#8216;Ichiro Toyota&#8217; and &#8216;Russell Wilson.&#8217; At that point, we felt we should probably revise attendance expectations a bit lower, such as in the single digits per game including hot dog vendors.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stanton citing a higher-than-expected transient hobo population camping in the stadium for helping to drive the attendance results. &#8220;For a while we thought our big revenue driver would be a pandemic field hospital, but it turned out we didn&#8217;t need one and those people tend to buy fewer souvenirs than you&#8217;d hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re looking forward to playing baseball again soon,&#8221; Stanton concluded on an optimistic note. &#8220;We can&#8217;t wait to see our remaining season ticket holders again. 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