Quick hits 06.18.09—Tickets, training camp and the Chronicle
Jun 18th, 2009
by Rich Tandler.
- I just got an automated phone call from the Redskins offering me Redskins season tickets. It’s at least the third, maybe the fourth one I’ve received in the past couple of months. On top of that I’ve received two mailings offering the same thing. On top of that I’m not the only person I know that has received such communications. It’s evident that the league’s most mediocre team playing in the leagues largest stadium is a tough sell these days. It appears that the vaunted waiting list has shrunk from 20 years to the amount of time it takes to make a phone call. Will there be local TV blackouts this fall?
I’ve ranted about this annually but I can’t figure out why the Redskins have only eight training camp sessions open to the public. Most other teams have 20 or 30 that their fans can come to see. Yes, there are some expenses involved but maybe the Redskins could build their fan base if folks could come and see them for free on a few summer afternoons. And then, just maybe, they might not have to send multiple communications to people in order to sell season tickets.
I’ve been on an all-out effort to get my book The Redskins Chronicle done in the next week or so. I’m still putting some polish on the web site but I do have it open to the public. Drop by if you get a chance and let me know what you think. I also have the Facebook page up, please take a look and become a fan. And, as long as I’m dispensing social media information, I’d welcome all of you as friends on Facebook at http://facebook.com/rich.tandler and I always love Twitter followers at @RealRedskins.
Just because I haven’t been cranking out a lot in the way of new content doesn’t mean that some other bloggers out there aren’t doing so. Redskins Examiner Mark Newgent has a well-researched story on the integration of the NFL in general and the Redskins in particular. It’s a three-parter and a great read. And Ben Folsom at the Curly R has a two-part rant about the Redskins’ involvement with the Virginia Lottery. I’m not so sure I follow his logic about a voluntary purchase being a tax of any sort, but I do agree that the team’s involvement with a scratch off game, especially one that costs $20 (twenty dollars!) a ticket is unseemly at best.
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I can't figure out why the Redskins have only eight training camp sessions open to the public. Most other teams have 20 or 30.
It's quite simple. Dan Snyder is paying the bill for all the security/staff to handle the fans. It's much cheaper to do it for 8 days than 25.
True. But the same is the case with all of the other 31 teams to one extent or another. The skinkin' Bengals have 16 dates open (but they, scandal of scandals, do charge $15 to park).
Yea, but with that $15 you get a free Bengals BB gun.