On The Nose
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It's pitiful that the Grand Slam organizers (Sportsnet?) are happy with such low attendance. They don't seem to understand (or simply don't care) that poor attendance reflects poorly on the sport. Casual curling fans and people who are a little curious about curling will see the seats being 3/4 empty and move on to another channel - because 3/4 empty seats gives the very loud message that nothing important or interesting is happening here.
If the organizers had any sense, and truly cared about curling (rather than simply caring about the dollar), they would do everything they could do to get the most seats filled possible - including lowering ticket prices, and even giving away some tickets through contests or something similar. They wouldn't be losing any money by lowering ticket prices, as more people would buy them - the only difference would be that more people would be in the seats, which is an important factor when you're trying to sell the game to people.
Just because they're making money with a 75% empty arena is not nearly good enough. The organizers should be thinking beyond their own personal profits, and trying to sell the game to the casual/curious fan. And putting more people in the seats is an important aspect of selling the game to those people, because a fuller venue shows people that something interesting and important is happening, and so these casual/curious people would stick around instead of changing the channel.
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