Investment group looking at bringing minor league baseball to Town Madison development (Birmingham: real estate, living in)

[maillemaker]

I don't see how this sort of thing flies in this day and age. I mean, I don't want to watch sports even at home, but if I somehow did, I'd rather sit at home on my 60" high-def TV drinking cheap beer with easy access to snacks and bathrooms without having to pay a fortune to sit on some hard bleacher seat.

[Justacoolguy]

^^^ This. And don't have to deal with traffic, rude fans, and can pause the game. I think stadiums are out dated, games should be played in a TV studio.

[Tennhioland]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

I don't see how this sort of thing flies in this day and age. I mean, I don't want to watch sports even at home, but if I somehow did, I'd rather sit at home on my 60" high-def TV drinking cheap beer with easy access to snacks and bathrooms without having to pay a fortune to sit on some hard bleacher seat.

Never leaving the house, sounds awesome! I've wasted a lot of money on concerts, could have sat at home watching you tube.

[Teko03]

Originally Posted by tennhioland

never leaving the house, sounds awesome! I've wasted a lot of money on concerts, could have sat at home watching you tube.

lol.

[dijkstra]

Originally Posted by Tennhioland

Never leaving the house, sounds awesome! I've wasted a lot of money on concerts, could have sat at home watching you tube.

Actually it is a growing problem sports venues are facing. Many of them are having trouble selling out sports stadiums these days. I don't go to football games anymore because the experience is so much better at home on TV. In addition to that, many of the college stadiums in the south are still stuck in the past and do not sell alcohol. In my rec room, we can watch multiple games at the same time, drink all the beer and mixed drinks we want and have wings or grill burgers or steaks. We don't have to pay exorbitant prices on stubhub to get good seats or end up with cheap crappy seats way up in an upper deck.

[TimCity2000]

I do agree that stadiums haven't kept up with the times, and ticket prices are very high. But there is no replacing the atmosphere and social experience of watching live sports in person. The Barons tapped into this perfectly. School-age kids, college kids, parents, actual baseball fans... something for everyone there. And it's affordable. Plus the area allows for people to do things before and after the game. If Huntsville/Madison puts all that together, I think it would succeed.

[maillemaker]

Never leaving the house, sounds awesome! I've wasted a lot of money on concerts, could have sat at home watching you tube.

I totally agree!

[BEL2HSV]

The exorbitant prices are due to demand for tickets so the sports venues can't be hurting too bad. As long as the venue/product creates an experience people will pay to go. On that note, I just don't see a minor league team at an outdoor/outlet mall in Madison doing well.

It should never happen if Madison or Madison County are committing tax money. Until Slaughter/Jeff/Capshaw along with a lot of other roads are fixed they shouldn't be wasting money on this. IMO

[cgrab]

I really dislike watching baseball at home. Yeah, I can pause for a bathroom break but the zoom lens has made baseball hard to watch. I can't tell you how many times I've watched a 7 pitch at bat-where we see the color of the players eyes-when the batter slaps one to short right field and the announcers says "that one goes right into the shift...." The what?! When were we going to find out the defense was in a shift? If I was in the stadium I wouldn't have to rely on what the announcer wants to tell me and certainly would get a better picture that wasn't zoomed in on a couple of faces.

[FCEddie]

I won't be waiting in line for tickets, but I hope this happens.

I'd love to see soccer return as well, but without a proper facility (grass field, 2,500-5,000 seats), ability to sell beer, I don't see that happening (Also, please do not say they could use the new baseball stadium - that never works well for the soccer team).