gbill2004 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Paul Wiecek@PaulWiecekJun 26 4:14 pm Bombers have sold 24,778 for tonight's home opener as of 4 p.m; barring huge walkup will be worst attended Bombers game ever at IGF Thanks a lot Joe Mack!!! roddy315 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
road griller Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 They need a big win tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy315 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Paul Wiecek@PaulWiecekJun 26 4:14 pm Bombers have sold 24,778 for tonight's home opener as of 4 p.m; barring huge walkup will be worst attended Bombers game ever at IGF I think we have to give it a few games b4 people believe. I've only missed 2 games since 2001 and I'm not sure what to expect.....and that's with the blue googles on . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlanticRiderFan Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Not even at 25K yet? That's just brutal. Not Toronto brutal, but still pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Those end zone seats are just not worth it. What do they cost now? They are terrible seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Those end zone seats are just not worth it. What do they cost now? They are terrible seats I agree, a massive mistake was made by having so many seats in the end zones. Having priced them at P5 was another mistake, should have been P7 or at most P6's in the corners then P7's in the endzone. Paul Wiecek@PaulWiecekJun 26 4:14 pm Bombers have sold 24,778 for tonight's home opener as of 4 p.m; barring huge walkup will be worst attended Bombers game ever at IGF Ouch! That doesn't sound good at all, I was honestly hoping for at least 30k for the home opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Not even at 25K yet? That's just brutal. Not Toronto brutal, but still pretty bad. Less than 30,000 fans showed up for both of Saskatchewan's preseason games combined. After a Grey Cup year. Worst fans in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlanticRiderFan Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Not even at 25K yet? That's just brutal. Not Toronto brutal, but still pretty bad. Less than 30,000 fans showed up for both of Saskatchewan's preseason games combined. After a Grey Cup year. Worst fans in the league. For 2 meaningless games. There will be well over 30K for the Rider opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Not even at 25K yet? That's just brutal. Not Toronto brutal, but still pretty bad. Less than 30,000 fans showed up for both of Saskatchewan's preseason games combined. After a Grey Cup year. Worst fans in the league. For 2 meaningless games. There will be well over 30K for the Rider opener. Sell out, though? Nah... doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KptKrunch Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 All the attendance figures were down this year though. Here in Edmonton the crowd was crappy too - though I don't now how many went, I wasn't there either. So I wouldn't judge the crowd on the pre-season. Not being in Wpg - I'm wondering if the lousy crowd (so far) has as much to do with the logistics of getting in and out of the Stadium as much as the product on the field? I've read it's 'better' but that doesn't mean it's 'good'. And if I were Wade Miller, I'd offer the public a half price sale for the first game of the year (too late now I know) including a rebate to season ticket holders as an apology to last year's travesty of a team. Believe it or not, that's what pissed me off more than anything. Seeing all those great fans who paid their hard earned money, and put up with the logistics of getting to and from the game, week after week, to watch that pathetic excuse of a football team. I still maintain that those fans are the best in the league, as the stadium kept selling out week after week. It wasn't until the last couple of home games that I saw empty seats (on TV) and frankly, I don't blame the fans this year. To those that are going - I wish you are thoroughly entertained. A win would be nice but I just hope I hear more cheers than groans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dee Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I blame Mike O'Shea, he shouldn't have sugar-coated things. Noeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBURGESS Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I blame the media, Friesen most of all. Stupid negative articles. Uncle Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peggars Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 just heard on CBC that the ticket count is now over 26,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peggars Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 and on that note, im off to the game!! section 211, the 6'7 guy in the wild jersey Noeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-F-F-C Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Seems like it didn't take long for the curious observers to jump back on board of the good ship Blue Bombers. WBB Football Club announced it sold more tickets before 10 am today than it did all day Wednesday of this week. It's just going to get louder EJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
road griller Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Exactly what they needed now they need to follow up the solid performance with a solid performance..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 hey did you delete my post? Come on if we can't curse out a **** talking rider fan here then what's the point? ediger and Atomic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlanticRiderFan Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 hey did you delete my post? Come on if we can't curse out a **** talking rider fan here then what's the point? Mike deleted both of our posts, because it was turning into a flame war. Fair enough. I apologize if I sounded like the Riders were superior over Winnipeg. That wasn't my intention. In fact, until Atomic brought them up, I wasn't even going to mention the Riders. Everything's all good, OK? I meant no harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlanticRiderFan Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Not even at 25K yet? That's just brutal. Not Toronto brutal, but still pretty bad. Less than 30,000 fans showed up for both of Saskatchewan's preseason games combined. After a Grey Cup year. Worst fans in the league. For 2 meaningless games. There will be well over 30K for the Rider opener. Sell out, though? Nah... doubt it. Yeah, they're not even close to a sell out at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_fanaddict Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Heard anywhere from just shy of 25,000 to 26,000 were sold for the game. Not sure the exact count but let's say it was 25,500. Canad Inns only held 29,533. If we were still playing there 25,500 doesn't seem so bad. I know they now have a bigger debt to pay but being able to draw above 24,000 under all the circumstances I feel is decent. With all the extra fan things Wade is doing its all generating more and more money. I think if they can keep the numbers above 24k for the season they should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlanticRiderFan Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 It's a non-issue unless you get Toronto Argonaut attendances which I don't think will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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