Kansas City Royals hope economy

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Season-ticket renewals are said Mark Tilson, Royals vice president of saleesand marketing, and most clubs he talk s to are seeing the same thing. “Thw common sentiment is that we’ve neveer seen anything like this,” Tilson said. “It’s affectinhg not only our corporate accounts, but people who traditionally purchase seaso n tickets for personal entertainment are getting hit as So it seems no one is immunse to what is goinhg on in the current economic spokesman Rich Levin said inan e-maik that the league hasn’r received complete forecasts from all the clubs.
“We can’y predict the future, but we certainly expecr the economic downturn will have an effectt on baseball as it has onother industries,” Levin “We just don’t know to what Patrick Rishe, a sports marketing consultant and associate professor of economics at in St. Louis, said concerns abourt long-term financial security make peopleless free-spending with their cash. “Theyg are holding on to what they’ve got righyt now,” he said. “They aren’t as willinb to spend money on entertainment ifthey don’yt feel they will get value for their entertainment dollar.
The Royals recent history doesn’t creater high expectations of being competitive for a playoff Massive renovations at Kauffmabn Stadium could providea positive, Rishe The new look could pique fan interest and get them out to see the “Historically, there is a boost, but the size of that boosg is relative to the performance of the team,” he said. “In the case, that means the boosrt is likely to be larger early in the while everything is still new and hope still abounds. But they would have to be within a game or two of the wild card in Augusf and September for the teamperformancee ...
to really have an Tilson said Royals fans are optimistidc and already areshowinf interest. The home opener against the on April 10 will be itsusual sellout. there is a hangover when it comed to the second and third games after opening day,” he said. “People usually wait to see what the weathefr will be like before buying But I think thisyear we’rwe seeing a combination of wantint to see the stadium along with a heightened senser of optimism in the club