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  • Marlins to Close Upper Deck for Some Games in 2nd Year of New Park

    Posted on Wed, May. 08, 2013
    Miami Marlins to close upper bowl for some games

    By Barry Jackson

    The Marlins, whose attendance ranks last in the National League five weeks into the season, have decided to close the upper bowl at Marlins Park for at least some weeknight games — an approach the team used at times at Sun Life Stadium.

    The upper bowl will be closed for six dates during the team’s nine-game homestand that begins next Tuesday. Fans can sit only in the lower bowl for games May 14-16 against Cincinnati and May 20-22 against Philadelphia. The upper bowl will remain open for May17-19 games against Arizona.

    Marlins representative P.J. Loyello said the team has not decided whether to close the upper bowl for all Monday-through-Thursday home games, and decisions will be made before each homestand. About 10,000 of the stadium’s 37,442 seats are in the upper bowl.

    Fewer than 500 people own season tickets in the upper bowl, and those fans are being moved — with no additional charge — to seats in the lower bowl for all Monday-through-Thursday games.

    Upper bowl tickets to weeknight games will continue be sold on Marlins.com. Fans who buy single-game upper deck tickets will be moved to the lower bowl if the Marlins decide to close the upper bowl on those particular nights.

    Closing the upper bowl for some games “will give an overall better fan experience,” Loyello said, adding from a standpoint of concessions, restrooms and other services, “it will be better for fans” than if they were scattered in a larger area.

    The Marlins began this approach during their homestand that was completed last week. They did not close the upper deck for any home games last season, their first in Marlins Park.

    The closing of the upper bowl for some games will mean fewer hours for some stadium employees, but none will lose their jobs, Loyello said.

    The Marlins are averaging 18,864 fans per game, fourth-lowest in the majors and ahead of only Seattle, Kansas City and Cleveland. That number includes people who bought or received tickets, not those who actually show up.

    The Marlins averaged 27,401 fans last season, but the team said an average of only about 17,000 attended each game.
    Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/0...#storylink=cpy

    Next year they can play games at Mark Light Field.

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    • #3
      my God that's embarrassing
      Originally posted by Madman81
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      • #4
        Another moment brought to you by

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        • #5
          This picture is great

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          • #6
            Feel like they definitely should not have said anything about this.
            poop

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            • #7
              My mom called me yesterday, to ask me if I heard about the Marlins closing the upper deck for games, because she saw it on the national news.

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              • #8
                Brian Williams spoke about this on NBC Nightly News.

                "Welcome Aboard" - Rock Bottom.

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                • #9
                  27th in attendance so far this year

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                  • #10
                    actually a shock (in a good way)

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                    • #11
                      We did it!
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                      • #12
                        Yay! Other teams have embarrassing attendance.

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                        • #13
                          http://deadspin.com/the-marlins-are-...ium=socialflow


                          Today's Tom Verducci column in Sports Illustrated contains a very sad bit of information about everyone's favorite laughingstock of a franchise: the Miami Marlins.


                          Baseball attendance is down 2.9 percent, but the Miami Marlins alone account for 40 percent of the decline in tickets sold, and the weather in many places has been brutal. Much has been made about low attendance at interleague games this week, with the Mets and Yankees, for instance, failing to attract their usual sellouts.

                          This is what happens when a franchise absolutely guts its roster just one year after managing to successfully coax some of its historically apathetic fanbase through the turnstiles with a new stadium and a few free-agent signings. Last year, the Marlins sold an average of 27,000 tickets per game, but this year that number is down to 17,893

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                          • #14
                            Jupiter makes up 60% of the mass of all the planets. The Marlins are like the anti-jupiter of baseball.
                            Amy Adams, AKA Cinnamon Muff
                            Logan Morrison: "If baseball didn't exist, I would probably be ... like a curler. Or a hairstylist."
                            Noah Perio
                            Jupiter
                            39 AB
                            15 H
                            0 2B
                            0 3B
                            0 HR
                            0 BB
                            .385/.385/.385

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                            • #15
                              50 losses by June 23rd has it's perks

                              Just bought 3 tickets for Wednesday's game vs the Twins

                              Home Plate Box Sec 17 Row A

                              $18 each

                              Code is Techron

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