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Obviously NOT if the Orioles are not in the Phillies division. The Nats have to deal with tons of Phillies fans in their stadium several time during the season since they are in the same division.
So what...this isn't unique to Washington. I remember back at the Vet when the Mets were good and the Phils stunk, the place would be overrun with Mets fans when the Mets came to town. I don't remember any efforts to block Mets fans from buying tickets.
Actually those games were a lot of fun, a lot of heckling back and forth, but nothing bad that I can remember seeing.
I actually like this move by the Nationals. Nats Management made a big mistake back in 2009 by basically inviting Philly fans to take over when the Nats and Phillies play. I guess it made sense in the short term b/c lots of Phillies fans came and that gave attendance a boost for those games.
But the problems it caused were more long-term. The Philly fans acted pretty obnoxious and it made an unpleasant environment for the Nats fans. Then the Philly fans go home and the Nats fans were reluctant to go back to the stadum b/c they had a bad experience. Plus the Nats fans also felt "betrayed" by management basically courting the "enemy." So even though management got a short term boost, it was a damaging move overall.
So now management is trying to undo the previous damage. They are trying to build up the DC fanbase and show that they are catering to Nats fans, not Phillies fans. Also, they are only giving local (DC, VA, MD) fans first dibs for a couple of weeks. After that anyone will be able to buy tickets regardless of location.
Seems like the window of time for buying the tickets is only the first month? Honestly, I don't see a huge deal with not allowing fans in a certain area from buying tickets if "hometown" fans can try and buy tickets first.
So many companies out there buy up thousands of tickets and then try and sell them for a profit which is not fair. It would be nice to know if you live in a certain area maybe you have first dibs at tickets for certain games. Obviously fans come from across the country for certain teams. But in this scenario where the Phillies are visiting the Nationals maybe for just the few couple weeks you have to live in an area near Nationals Stadium i.e. VA, MD in order to get the tickets. This way plenty of Nationals fans have the opportunity. Then after that 2 week window open it to everybody.
But in this scenario where the Phillies are visiting the Nationals maybe for just the few couple weeks you have to live in an area near Nationals Stadium i.e. VA, MD in order to get the tickets. This way plenty of Nationals fans have the opportunity. Then after that 2 week window open it to everybody.
..."Opportunity" being the key word. Somehow, I suspect that the Nationals' fans aren't getting nearly as upset about this as the front office. If this is true, then the stadium will probably still be full of Phillie fans for the series there this season.
Plus the Nats fans also felt "betrayed" by management basically courting the "enemy." .
Maybe the Nats "fans" should have been showing up before that, and then the Nats management wouldn't have had to "betray" them by "courting the enemy" just to put some butts in the seats so they can make money.
So what...this isn't unique to Washington. I remember back at the Vet when the Mets were good and the Phils stunk, the place would be overrun with Mets fans when the Mets came to town. I don't remember any efforts to block Mets fans from buying tickets.
Actually those games were a lot of fun, a lot of heckling back and forth, but nothing bad that I can remember seeing.
There was a incident in the mid 80's, I have to check my book
So what...this isn't unique to Washington. I remember back at the Vet when the Mets were good and the Phils stunk, the place would be overrun with Mets fans when the Mets came to town. I don't remember any efforts to block Mets fans from buying tickets.
Actually those games were a lot of fun, a lot of heckling back and forth, but nothing bad that I can remember seeing.
Probably my favorite game was at the Vet in an interleague series between the Yanks & Phils
Crowd was about 50/50 and completely packed
Really good game (Phillies won) - was a weekend game where they had their summer BBQ parties going on at the stadium - the whole environment was great - perfect weather
Maybe the Nats "fans" should have been showing up before that, and then the Nats management wouldn't have had to "betray" them by "courting the enemy" just to put some butts in the seats so they can make money.
In general, I'd say any business is better off not antogonizing its customer base. If you have low sales, the way to increase those sales is not to do things that anger the people that are actually buying your product.
The bottom line is the actions of the Nationals management (opening their arms to Philly fans) were percieved as negative by most of the fans that the Nationals have. And the high number of Philly fans for those games made the experience worse for the Nats fans...i.e. the locals who may become season ticket holders.
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