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I’m working on a piece about Cleveland sports fans and their spending plans/habits for the upcoming sports year, and I need your help!
Please take a few moments and fill out the survey here. Also, if you are not renewing your season tickets for one or more of Cleveland’s pro teams I want to talk to you! Send me an email (rick at waitingfornextyear.com) and we’ll talk about your reasons.
This piece we are targeting to appear on the new Yahoo! sports magazine- The Post Game. Will you lend your take?
11 Comments
what about the Buckeyes? theyre not technically Cleveland, but its where I spend the majority of my money.
What about Clippers/Aeros games? I definitely went to more Clippers games because they were the Tribe’s farm team.
Yeah I agree with the above. 50% of my merch is Buckeyes, 40% is Browns, and 10% is Cavs.
I don’t go to any events, but that is mostly because I live in Virginia now. If I was closer I would go to more, win or lose, economy rough or not.
I took this survey for you…
I really want to go to a Browns game next season. It will be my first sporting event attended live in years. My mom gets Indians tickets through the Cleveland Clinic some years and generally tosses them my way, I haven’t been accepting lately to be honest.
As far as merchandise goes, I own a browns baseball cap and that’s it. If the rosters settle down, I’d buy a jersey, but you never know who’s going to be playing next year.
The story is going to be Cleveland-centric, and particularly how the 3 teams’ performance will affect spending habits. The Buckeyes are still playing at a high level, and are based in Columbus. Just thought it would skew results.
Judging by how many people I see in the stands around me, I’m willing to bet the Indians are extremely performance based, a few crazies like myself aside.
The teams can perform bad and I’d still spend. I’m proud of my Cleveland teams, I just don’t have the expendable income to be a “better” fan.
Took the survey.
A distinction though.
It isn’t necessarily the Indians or the Cavs performance that will steer me away from them. Both the NBA and MLB have demonstrated that they don’t give a flying fig about the competitiveness of their Leagues.
I have decided to care about as much as they do. They don’t care about me except as a $ sign. I refuse to be reduced to that. They obviously think I am stupid and I don’t appreciate that.
Free tix and I go, spend as little as possible while there. Would rather spend my disposable income at a local independent restaurant, playhouse square, the orchestra, a movie, or listening to live music at a local bar.
The browns, the gladiators, the monsters, and the minor league baseball teams exist on some sort of level playing field. They will get any sports related outlays I make.
Why is paying money to see losing teams an acceptable entertainment option? Incredibly, NE Ohio riddled with job loss still has a football stadium that sells out and people that buy $7 beer and $7 nachos (its probably more than that). I guess what I am trying to say is… do any of these owners really have incentive to give a better product? Not really…
Joe, I think clevelanders are just scared that the Browns will leave again if they hold Lerner accountable.
That said… I think we’re on the right track *finally*.
I’m a die-hard Browns fan living in Florida, and managed to attend 4 Browns games this year, the 3 that were played in Florida, and went to one in Cleveland. This survey really should allow me to note the difference between being me being a resident elsewhere, versus someone living in Cleveland or NE Ohio in general, since the location of where a fan lives has a huge impact on their ability/urge to attend games, let alone purchase season tickets.