Yes, he does! In today's San Francisco Chronicle, John Shea's front page article details the Oakland Athletics attendance woes. Shea cites several reasons. First, is the team's managing general partner's public disparagement of its stadium. Second, there are those silly tarps on the third deck which limit attendance. In addition, A's President, Mike Crowley, says the economy and the A's recent performance do take their toll. Some suspect the team is sabotaging attendance in order to facilitate its move from Oakland. Lew Wolf whines that this is“...A bunch of crap.” Well, Boob Wolf, if you are not deliberately planning this, then you are incompetent, because your marketing approach is abysmal. I think the later is more of a condemnation than the former.
The tarping of the third deck is particularly galling. Some of the seats are pretty good and a reasonable price. The lack of these seats keeps me from some games. With the A's doing well a few years ago, I am certain they loose at least 200,000 in attendance due to the tarps. They can sell 50,000 against the Yankees, Red Sox and Giants and probably additional sales against the Angels with the former capacity.
Either Lew “Boob” Wolf is a grand conspirator or a lousy businessman. You decide.
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