The stadium starts emptying around halftime. This won't change just because there are more suites for some but maybe they can go eat near the stadium and stimulate the economy. No matter how much SC pays the players they will leave to join competitive teams. The entertainment and restaurants may attract tourists but will they help make Gamecock teams successful? Winning and having teams you can be proud of and cheer for should mean more than a stadium or coliseum where you can watch the Gamecocks lose in comfort. Except for brief flashes in the pan, it has been years since SC was consistently successful in baseball, basketball and football.
Will Suites hotels and entertainment make a difference??
- Thread starter MT4125
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I have very limited experience being in a suite at any sporting event and never at a Carolina game but every time I've been, I've noticed the same things.
1. People in suites pay almost no attention to the game.
2. Suites generally have seats attached to them so people can sit and watch the game live, almost no one ever sits in those seats.
3. When a big play occurs, people in suites watch the replay on the tvs in the suite and then return to socializing.
4. There is generally a large percentage of people in suites who are not really fans of the team or even of the sport in general. These people are there to hob knob with people they think are rich or to be able to brag to friends and coworkers that they were in a suite at a sporting event.
I'm not sure building a hotel or restaurant or bar adjacent to WB is a great business model. Outside of the 7 Saturdays a year when there is a game at WB, the area around the stadium isn't exactly a hotbed of activity that will attract customers.
1. People in suites pay almost no attention to the game.
2. Suites generally have seats attached to them so people can sit and watch the game live, almost no one ever sits in those seats.
3. When a big play occurs, people in suites watch the replay on the tvs in the suite and then return to socializing.
4. There is generally a large percentage of people in suites who are not really fans of the team or even of the sport in general. These people are there to hob knob with people they think are rich or to be able to brag to friends and coworkers that they were in a suite at a sporting event.
I'm not sure building a hotel or restaurant or bar adjacent to WB is a great business model. Outside of the 7 Saturdays a year when there is a game at WB, the area around the stadium isn't exactly a hotbed of activity that will attract customers.
