The Indians’ poor attendance in recent years, and especially during the hot start to this season, has been a hot topic despite being a boring subject. Debating the root causes of the drop-off is as tiring as it is pointless.
Rooting out the origins isn’t like identifying a redeemable quality in Larry Dolan (read: rocket science). The equation is some combination of the weather, the economy, the departure of big companies from Northeast Ohio, the psyche of the Cleveland sports fan, the public’s reaction to the Tribe’s trades and lack of free-agent signings, the Indians’ abysmal performance, and the club’s crappy choices in concerts. (That last one might just be us. Really? Relient K? We couldn’t get The Baseball Project?)
So even as the Tribe had a sneaking suspicion that the team would be competitive this year, the club knew Cleveland wouldn’t spontaneously start arriving at the turnstiles in droves. Did they expect the first-place Indians to be last in attendance? Probably not. But their projections probably weren’t far off.
This article appears in May 11-17, 2011.
It’s simply a matter of putting a good product on the field. Take a look at the number “455” retired in the mezzanine. “If you build it…they will come…”
Did they show up in ’05? Nope. What about ’07? Nope. The Indians owned the town in the ’90s, but the Cavs were bad/boring and the Browns were gone. This city will support inept football, but good baseball has to go above and beyond in order to draw.
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