Yeah, TV Market calculations are rather random, and seem to depend a whole lot on geography. The Tampa TV market includes over 200 miles of Gulf coastline and a huge chunk of central Florida as well. Some of that dates back to the launch of the TV stations, over-the-air broadcasting, and the fact that Florida is very flat...shadrach wrote: ↑Mar 04, 2020Anyway, the cities chosen are actually huge TV markets. (Tampa is larger than Miami, go figure, but that's how the lines are drawn.) St. Louis is far and away the smallest. Back to city selection, cities had to pitch the XFL for a team. In the case of Tampa, maybe they thought fans would respond to an alternate team. It think the decision was based on a combination of who pitched, TV market and anticipated fan response.
Cool.ricke002 wrote: ↑Mar 05, 2020Nice article on ESPN about the BattleHawks: https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/28 ... -loss-rams
Vince has funded the league for three years.beer city wrote: ↑Mar 06, 2020If this league sees a second year it will owe St. Louis for getting it there
Exactly.addxb2 wrote: ↑Mar 06, 2020I know he’s eccentric, but I really don’t think Vince would relaunch without 3 or 4 years of operating expenses accounted for. They hired talented people, no one in the XFL front office was expecting perfect results and crazy revenue.
If they beat first year expectations they have St. Louis to thank.
Another problem they will face is the warming weather. It is going to be over 70 degrees here Sunday. I will not be in the house watching. I will DVR and possible watch later in the day.urbanitas wrote: ↑Mar 06, 2020My guess is TV ratings will bottom out for the weekends of the second round of March Madness through the opening series for MLB, and then see a big increase through the last two regular season weeks and the playoffs. Hopefully, the increase will be enough to average 1.5 million viewers per game for the season, which would be a decent showing, and maybe enough to get similar national broadcast deals for season 2.
I hope it isn't brokers who swooped in and bought them.eee123 wrote: ↑Mar 06, 2020Of those sideline upper deck sections they're selling, did they open the entire sections all the way up to the top? If so, they must've sold fast.
There are only a handful of tickets left up there in the open 400 sections and they're disappearing quickly every time I refresh.
you could only buy 2 at a time and i tried from 10:01 to 10:10 and it was all gone. brokers got some but not that many, the ones they got are on the market for $40 now. the team will probably open more seats next week i would imagine. this is now the hottest ticket in townRooster wrote: ↑Mar 06, 2020I hope it isn't brokers who swooped in and bought them.eee123 wrote: ↑Mar 06, 2020Of those sideline upper deck sections they're selling, did they open the entire sections all the way up to the top? If so, they must've sold fast.
There are only a handful of tickets left up there in the open 400 sections and they're disappearing quickly every time I refresh.
Yes it brings players from all over the world- all in peak condition and low risk for catching this- the fans are still 90% locals. I’ve been there. Heck my cousin won the whole thing in 2010STLCityMike wrote: ↑Mar 09, 2020Well - Indian Wells tennis is going to draw a lot more international fans than the XFL. Players literally come from all over the world to play. XFL would not be any different than other domestic sports going on at this time - Hockey, Baseball and Basketball.
You have a fundamental misunderstanding of disease outbreakdbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Mar 09, 2020Yes it brings players from all over the world- all in peak condition and low risk for catching this-STLCityMike wrote: ↑Mar 09, 2020Well - Indian Wells tennis is going to draw a lot more international fans than the XFL. Players literally come from all over the world to play. XFL would not be any different than other domestic sports going on at this time - Hockey, Baseball and Basketball.
you have a a fundamental misunderstanding of his point and my counter point here- the event didnt get cancelled because it brings players from all over the world. they're there already and will stay and practice until Miami Open March 23JaneJacobsGhost wrote: ↑Mar 09, 2020You have a fundamental misunderstanding of disease outbreakdbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Mar 09, 2020Yes it brings players from all over the world- all in peak condition and low risk for catching this-STLCityMike wrote: ↑Mar 09, 2020Well - Indian Wells tennis is going to draw a lot more international fans than the XFL. Players literally come from all over the world to play. XFL would not be any different than other domestic sports going on at this time - Hockey, Baseball and Basketball.
Who is your cousin? Ivan Ljubičić or Jelena Janković?dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Mar 09, 2020Yes it brings players from all over the world- all in peak condition and low risk for catching this- the fans are still 90% locals. I’ve been there. Heck my cousin won the whole thing in 2010STLCityMike wrote: ↑Mar 09, 2020Well - Indian Wells tennis is going to draw a lot more international fans than the XFL. Players literally come from all over the world to play. XFL would not be any different than other domestic sports going on at this time - Hockey, Baseball and Basketball.
