(07-21-2017, 02:32 PM)FBT Wrote:

(07-20-2017, 04:04 PM)DragonFury Wrote: It's not about attendance, it's about tickets sold. You can sell 67k tickets to a preseason game in EverBank and even if only 1000 show up that's still 67,000 x $60 = $4 million in revenue. The best any stadium in Daytona can do is 15k with prices around $30, that's $450,000 or about $3.6 million in lost revenue.

Bingo.

The number of season tickets sold by the Jaguars will exceed anything they might sell in a smaller venue, and season ticket holders are paying full price for these tickets.  The profits lost by going to a smaller venue and selling fewer, cheaper seats for the sake of market exposure would be a financial disaster.  Plus, preseason games aren't going to get anyone excited enough to switch their allegiances if the intent is to ween them away from the Dolphins.  There's only one thing that will accomplish that goal.

(07-20-2017, 06:39 PM)copycat Wrote: I totally agree and Orlando is the obvious and only choice.  That is a market that needs to be weened away from the Dolphins.  Of coarse winning would go a long way to help there but I degress.

Winning is the ONLY thing that's going to grow the fan base into a more regional presence.  Playing games in other markets using smaller, cheaper venues serves no purpose in an era where the teams are more focused on revenue.

In the early days when the Jaguars were winning, we had season ticket holders coming from South Carolina, Pensacola, and Orlando and points in between.  If the team focuses on getting better on the field, the fan base will grow naturally.

That's what it comes down to. In the past season the Jags have played 36 games in EverBank Field (8 games per season minus 4 London games) and they've won a grand total of nine games. That's abysmal and I don't blame anyone from say, Pensacola if don't want to drive 5 hours to Jacksonville and 5 hours back just to watch the team get pummeled 40-10.

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