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Originally Posted by Y0DA55
In Chicago or New York the stadium is easy to get to . . . Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field are all right there.
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Actually, Wrigley Field is a giant pain in the ass when it comes to actually getting to the park. The public transportation to the park is fine, but if you're driving it's a total bitch. It's not all that close to any highway and there's almost no parking (unless you wanna pay $35 or more). People aren't going to Wrigley because it's easy.
The Cubs phenomenon has everything to do with WGN. It's incredible how many people are Cubs games are busloads of dopes from Iowa who don't have the first clue about baseball but the Cubs are all they know because of WGN so they make the trip. There's also the myth about the wonderful Wrigey Field (which is really a colossal dump in every possible way: horrible sight lines, terrible food, it smells, it's literally falling apart, and if you have to pee you're treated like a damn animal). Since it's old, people feel they must experience (not watch) a game there and that's a draw.
The perfect example of the Cubs thing is in the letter they sent to season ticket holders. In it, they cited the Jimmy Buffet concert as one of the best moments of this past season. They don't sell baseball, they sell a park. It's an incredible marketing technique that has worked for two decades because there are lots and lots of really dumb people. Not the real Cubs fans. They're the ones pissed off by the stupidity. I'm talking about the million lemmings that file through the gate every year.