Will Winnipeg be a city with a nice stadium and no CFL team? If (and I would have said it was a big if a few years ago but not so sure now) the team continues it's pattern of not being able to get the right people in place to guide it, and if it continues to flounder, and it still hasn't produced a winner (is it possible we still won't have a Grey Cup winner by then?), could it still even afford to operate? I know people are going to say the politicians won't let the team go under, not so sure. Right now there's a whole generation that knows nothing of a winning team here and it effects the gate, but by then? IMO, getting the team fixed systemically, is more important than we may realize. The league is not actually that strong right now, 10 years from now I hope the Bombers have things righted. 

I sit in the end zone near the rum hut.  Worry not there are lots of fans under 30 at those games.  

 

The league is in greater long term peril than the Bombers are.  

The young people are at the game to get drunk and to socialize. Which works out good since they bring in good revenue at the concessions.

The older crowd are the ones who watch the game and who are usually frustrated at the team.

In 2011 we sold out just about every home game and we weren't even that great a team. Put a winner on the field and we won't even be discussing attendance as a potential issue. Not sure where people are so concerned. This past few years might have been the worst stretch of football in Winnipeg since Jeff Reinbold was in town and we still had good attendance. Sheesh...the doomsayers are out in full force.

I have no problems with the out of towners on this site, however, i do find it kind of funny that they try to convince people who do live in Winnipeg that the bomber crowds are older. Man, open your eyes, even if you aren't at the game, look at the TV when they show the crowd, it's 90 percent people 40 and under, hell, 30 and under, 25 and under even... The Bombers have no issues at all drawing the younger people out to games... AT ALL. 

 

I guess maybe go to a few games and you will see. IGF is full of younger people. Every game I've ever been 2 ,way more people closer to my age than to my dads age... and it's not even close. It really isn't close at all... and just for the record, I'm a younger person, I don't go to games to socialize and get **** faced. I go to watch the game. 

Wpg. has hordes of football fans in waiting that will swarm back to IGF once they field a competitive team, a GC victory would be nice but it isn't critical to the survival of the franchise.  Fans just want to enjoy the experience and winning is the key to that enjoyment.  Not worried about their demise in the least.

That's exactly how I feel. Put a winning team on the field & the fans will come back. Fans are just itching for a winner. The question is when will the team do that? 

That core seems to be about 20000 or so people. If our stadium seated 24000 like Ottawa or Hamilton would ppl be talking about this ??

Yeah, so imagine what support the Bombers will get with a winner. 

The young people are at the game to get drunk and to socialize. Which works out good since they bring in good revenue at the concessions.

The older crowd are the ones who watch the game and who are usually frustrated at the team.

So, basically you're saying anyone under 35 are stupid. 

I don't see any problem with attending a football game and socializing at the same time. Can be done you know. Our new stadium has a nice set up allowing people to still be able to catch the on-field action and socialize at the Rum Hut etc. A play takes 5 seconds and then there is almost a minute between for the next one. Socialize and watch football at the same time. Not really a problem.

 

The young people are at the game to get drunk and to socialize. Which works out good since they bring in good revenue at the concessions.

The older crowd are the ones who watch the game and who are usually frustrated at the team.

So, basically you're saying anyone under 35 are stupid. 

 

Can we amend that to anyone under 33? Asking for a friend.....

 

Wpg. has hordes of football fans in waiting that will swarm back to IGF once they field a competitive team, a GC victory would be nice but it isn't critical to the survival of the franchise.  Fans just want to enjoy the experience and winning is the key to that enjoyment.  Not worried about their demise in the least.

That's exactly how I feel. Put a winning team on the field & the fans will come back. Fans are just itching for a winner. The question is when will the team do that? 

 

 

Wade must come into the office every morning, open up his spreadsheet shout f*ck! and slam his head onto his desk.  Revenue lost in the last two years by not providing the fans at IGF with a semi-competitive team and a chance to win at home must be staggering.  2,000-5,000 fans less per game adds up quickly, especially when additional revenue from concessions is added in.

 

In any other line of work accounting for this lost revenue would lead to the individuals directly responsible being fired but not with the Bombers, it's OKAY, they can try to do better again next year.

 

 

The young people are at the game to get drunk and to socialize. Which works out good since they bring in good revenue at the concessions.

The older crowd are the ones who watch the game and who are usually frustrated at the team.

So, basically you're saying anyone under 35 are stupid. 

 

Can we amend that to anyone under 33? Asking for a friend.....

 

Okay, anyone under 33.

The young people are at the game to get drunk and to socialize. Which works out good since they bring in good revenue at the concessions.

The older crowd are the ones who watch the game and who are usually frustrated at the team.

So, basically you're saying anyone under 35 are stupid.

Can we amend that to anyone under 33? Asking for a friend.....

I'm 34 and go to the games to watch football.

The only stupid fans are the ones who can't drink responsibly and end up hurting themselves or other fans.

I believe our GC tix are in the north endzone just below the Rum Hut. Sitting with a buddy who's a season ticket holder. Mildly concerned at just how insane that concourse is going to be during GC....

 

 

 

The young people are at the game to get drunk and to socialize. Which works out good since they bring in good revenue at the concessions.

The older crowd are the ones who watch the game and who are usually frustrated at the team.

So, basically you're saying anyone under 35 are stupid.

Can we amend that to anyone under 33? Asking for a friend.....

I'm 34 and go to the games to watch football.

The only stupid fans are the ones who can't drink responsibly and end up hurting themselves or other fans.

 

Not every fan no matter what age drinks to the point of being drunk. And if they do they should be arrested & thrown in jail. You seem to have a penchant for painting a group of people with the same brush.

I believe our GC tix are in the north endzone just below the Rum Hut. Sitting with a buddy who's a season ticket holder. Mildly concerned at just how insane that concourse is going to be during GC....

Yeeeeaaaah around there its going to get crazy. Bottlenecks hard. Plus, people will be "keepin warm" with liquid heat all game im sure.

The young people are at the game to get drunk and to socialize. Which works out good since they bring in good revenue at the concessions.

The older crowd are the ones who watch the game and who are usually frustrated at the team.

So, basically you're saying anyone under 35 are stupid.

Can we amend that to anyone under 33? Asking for a friend.....

I'm 34 and go to the games to watch football.

The only stupid fans are the ones who can't drink responsibly and end up hurting themselves or other fans.

Not every fan no matter what age drinks to the point of being drunk. And if they do they should be arrested & thrown in jail. You seem to have a penchant for painting a group of people with the same brush.

id point out he never said "all bomber fans.." Or "all people who drink.."

He actually narrowed down his ire to just lushboxes and people with no control..

SPuDS is correct.

 

My original point was that the younger fans don't really care about the product on the field and will go regardless if the team stinks or not.  

SPuDS is correct.

 

My original point was that the younger fans don't really care about the product on the field and will go regardless if the team stinks or not.  

That's not what you said but really, more Internet anger for nothing on this site. Who ******* cares? 

 

SPuDS is correct.

 

My original point was that the younger fans don't really care about the product on the field and will go regardless if the team stinks or not.  

That's not what you said but really, more Internet anger for nothing on this site. Who ******* cares? 

 

 

 

I said young people go to the game to get drunk and socialize?   Doesn't the beer snake alone prove my point?   

 

 

SPuDS is correct.

 

My original point was that the younger fans don't really care about the product on the field and will go regardless if the team stinks or not.  

That's not what you said but really, more Internet anger for nothing on this site. Who ******* cares? 

 

 

 

I said young people go to the game to get drunk and socialize?   Doesn't the beer snake alone prove my point?   

 

Whatever. This is a dead end argument & one I don't want to fight. If I offended you & SPuDs I apologize.

SPuDS is correct.

 

My original point was that the younger fans don't really care about the product on the field and will go regardless if the team stinks or not.

That's not what you said but really, more Internet anger for nothing on this site. Who ******* cares?

 

 

I said young people go to the game to get drunk and socialize?   Doesn't the beer snake alone prove my point?

Whatever. This is a dead end argument & one I don't want to fight. If I offended you & SPuDs I apologize.

Nope no offense Iso, I was just weighing in on how I thought it came across.

The teams that do well are the teams that don't make reactionary moves at the first sign of trouble.

Yeah four years straight of sucking is far too soon to get worried. One of these decades Walters and MOS will have a winning record.

I'm thinking some folks are OK with sucking and mismanagement ... I guess they've lived in Manitoba too long and are used to it.

I was at the bomber game in bc this year and there was still a lot of bomber fans there. I'm 25 and a lot of people my age who are football fans are nfl fans over cfl. Cfl seems to have the older demographic with all teams except Saskatchewan. All cities have there faithful and there bandwagon but it is good to get them when there young that way they become more loyal, like say if they leave Manitoba they will still be a fan.