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"buy one get one free" promotion for Braves playoff games

Discussion in 'Houston Texans' started by A-Train, Oct 6, 2005.

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  1. A-Train

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    Did the Braves really have a promotion where you got a free ticket for Thursday's game if you bought a ticket for Wednesday's game?

    I heard it on 610, but I have a hard time believing that attendance could be that bad for a playoff game. If it's true, that would cement Braves fans as the worst in pro sports...
     
    #1 A-Train, Oct 6, 2005
  2. Major

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    I dunno... if the Rockets made the playoffs 14 straight years and never (slight exagerration) got out of the first round, people would stop buying tickets to the first round here too, I think.

    Buy one get one free is a bit ridiculous, but it also doesn't help that they keep getting weekday games (and often day games). I remember going to the Astros playoffs in 2001 - it was the same thing. Weekday day game, and Minute Maid was fairly empty.
     
    #2 Major, Oct 6, 2005
  3. emjohn

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    I don't really get it, personally. The Braves have been that cities shining star since the early 90s. The Hawks have been foul and deservedly ignored for a decade, and the Falcons are just now turning things around a bit. What happened to erode the Braves' fanbase in recent years? The city got bored with the division titles?

    Evan
     
    #3 emjohn, Oct 6, 2005
  4. Miguel

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    They did it last year, didn't think they'd do it again. If they did, that's pathetic.
     
    #4 Miguel, Oct 6, 2005
  5. Uprising

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    Yeah, I remember that. That's so damn pathetic.
     
    #5 Uprising, Oct 6, 2005
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    Atlanta has never really been all that supportive of the Braves. I think people have talked about the club having to give away playoff tickets for many years now.
     
    #6 Oski2005, Oct 6, 2005
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    14 seasons in a row and only 1 championship and 4 years of being bounced out in the first round... I wouldn't want to go either, yeah right :p
     
    #7 Svpernaut, Oct 6, 2005
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    Braves fans are numb from being whupped in the playoffs so many times.
     
    #8 RocketMan Tex, Oct 6, 2005
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    I lived in atlanta for a few years and it's business as usual around this time of year. More Falcons, Georgia Tech, and Bulldogs talk than Braves...
     
    #9 UTweezer, Oct 6, 2005
  10. leroy

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    Maybe their own fans have gotten sick of that damn tomahawk chop crap.
     
    #10 leroy, Oct 6, 2005
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    that's right...far more passionate about college sports than pro sports in SEC country.
     
    #11 MadMax, Oct 6, 2005
  12. Svpernaut

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    Good, because it belongs in Tallahassee.
     
    #12 Svpernaut, Oct 6, 2005
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    buy one first round exit, get another free! :)
     
    #13 TMac640, Oct 6, 2005
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