I bet they have the data even if you don't realize it. Just need to match credit card numbers or card holder names used to purchase tickets with concession, parking and other purchases.
Dodger Stadium is the 3rd oldest stadium and shouldn't be included in discussion of new parks. I agree you are further away in newer parks and that is a direct result of legroom. Width is definitely wider outside of Fenway. I've barely fit in a grandstand seat at Fenway since I got tall (never mind wide), but have had no problem in the 19 other parks I have visited. Including Wrigley and Dodger
I "owned" 20 game tickets a year and went to 2-3 games each of the last few seasons. The rest went 1 to this person, 2 to that person, etc. And most concession (food) purchases at Fenway until a few years ago were cash, and they don't have any parking info.
I think you underestimate the complexity that merging sensitive system data like this takes. Let alone the manpower and technology in IT/marketing that a lot of sports teams are lacking.
Yeah, that seems like a weird way to try to figure it out. Now that they've gone entirely to electronic ticketing, they know exactly which phones are being scanned for each game. And all the ballpark apps and social media tags they push during the games fills in the rest of the puzzle for the team if people use them. Every organization probably has a very good idea of how often an individual attends games.
You can just buy the data directly from the card vendor - they may not give you the raw numbers, but they can certainly sell you any analytics info you want based on transactions. My meta-point is that this is not difficult data to gather even if the mechanism isn't exactly as described.
The Sox were offering a choice to STH to either get electronic or hard copy tickets (not for ‘21 though due to safety and they probably won’t return). The hard ticket folks are probably small in numbers and tracking those is a bit harder but still possible if anyone uses either ticket toss or Stubhub. The Sox definitely knew whether I tossed my tickets or listed them on Stubhub.
Phone GPS showed them walking around the store, but not waiting in line at checkout.
Theres definitely more to this than being written. Geo-fencing is pretty common for tradeshows and events, and even to a lesser degree places like retailers. But theres a zero % chance retailers are scanning unsuspecting customers cards in their wallet or purses.
Is that really true? The Krafts have been rumored to be working on the land near Brickbottom beyond the Lechmere T Station for the Revolution's stadium. Will Bob share space with the Sox?
I don't think so. It was a senior citizen (without any med device implants) about 2 years ago.
This. I'm 6"2" 250ish. Most of my pants have a size 38 waist so I'm not a guy who spills out into the seat next to me, but it's a tight fit in most of the Fenway seating for me. Not so much in any of the other parks that I've visited.
which stadiums have you been to with uncomfortable seating and not facing the infield? Wrigley has some odd facing seats, but that is also an old stadium. And widening seats in Fenway would reduce capacity significantly
The people in Toronto don't really get a say in replacing Rogers Centre as it's a privately owned facility. Same with Fenway. If the owners decide it's in their best interest to build a new park, who are we to tell them they can't?
Yup. I’ve sat In literally every seating area at Target Field, which has a similar seating capacity and footprint to Fenway, but of course was built almost 100 years later. The slimmest seat is 20” wide, and every seat faces at least toward 2d, if not the mound or home plate. There are zero seats as bad as Fenway’s right field box, or the cavernous, obstructed view grandstand seats. The average seat at Fenway is far worse (and costs far more) than the average seat at Target Field or most other ballparks, IMO; I’ve been to 15 of the current parks and about 10 former ones.
It's still paining me to be within walking distance of Target Field, and still never having been able to even be inside there...
Someday soon, with luck. PM me if you ever want TF seating or eating suggestions!
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