50/50 Split

[Slegnaac]

I was working in the Tampa Bay area last month and took in a Rays game with several of my co-workers.  The Rays were playing the Yanks, so it wasn't completely empty.  

What I found strange was the 50/50 split.  I have only seen this at minor league events.  Has anyone else seen this at a Major sporting event?

[tdawg87]

The Super Bowl

[yk9001]

At the Broncos game last week.

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

I was working in the Tampa Bay area last month and took in a Rays game with several of my co-workers.  The Rays were playing the Yanks, so it wasn't completely empty.  

What I found strange was the 50/50 split.  I have only seen this at minor league events.  Has anyone else seen this at a Major sporting event?

50/50 is good for a Yankee series -- they normally outnumber the Rays fans by a good margin.

 

[greginpsca]

Lot of Yankee fans in Tampa. Yanks have held their Spring Training in Tampa for years.

[Rally Gorilla]

I don't like to go to see the Yankees in Anaheim because their fans are so numerous and obnoxious.   It's a rare treat for SoCal Yanks fans when their team is in town, so they buy up the more expensive seats and they tend to stay later, especially if the Yanks are winning.  Sometimes it seems like a 50/50 crowd  (or worse) by the later innings.   

[TeemuTrout]

Ducks/Kings in Anaheim

Lakers at Clippers

Yankees/Angels

Dodgers/Angels

[eligrba4ever]

I went to some Angels-Red Sox and Angels-Yankees games in Anaheim a few years ago and the crowds seemed pretty evenly split in the modern configuration. When the Rams' expansion was still standing, it sometimes seemed the Boston and New York fans were the majority.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Is this a serious post?  Everyone knows Florida is made up of three demographics - New Yorkers, Cubans, and Gays.   And in some cases    , those overlap. 

 

I would expect more Yankees fans at a TB game against any other team in the league.  

[jdodd]

Is it possible above post is about a pool of money generated by tickets sold and then split  in a 

50/50 drawing?

[Jeff Fletcher]

6 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

I was working in the Tampa Bay area last month and took in a Rays game with several of my co-workers.  The Rays were playing the Yanks, so it wasn't completely empty.  

What I found strange was the 50/50 split.  I have only seen this at minor league events.  Has anyone else seen this at a Major sporting event?

They do this at lots of major league ballparks.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

3 hours ago, Rally Gorilla said:

I don't like to go to see the Yankees in Anaheim because their fans are so numerous and obnoxious.   It's a rare treat for SoCal Yanks fans when their team is in town, so they buy up the more expensive seats and they tend to stay later, especially if the Yanks are winning.  Sometimes it seems like a 50/50 crowd  (or worse) by the later innings.   

Since the wife is a Yankees fan, these make up most of the games that I go to in Anaheim. I have seen a couple of other teams, but the bulk of the games have been against the Yankees.

[Taylor]

4 hours ago, jdodd said:

Is it possible above post is about a pool of money generated by tickets sold and then split  in a 

50/50 drawing?

Did you intentionally "split" your sentence into two lines?

[Slegnaac]

4 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

They do this at lots of major league ballparks.

Thanks Jeff.  Guess I have not been to enough ballparks.  

[Slegnaac]

6 hours ago, jdodd said:

Is it possible above post is about a pool of money generated by tickets sold and then split  in a 

50/50 drawing?

Yes it is, sorry if I wasn't clear in my description.

[Rally Gorilla]

I wasn't aware of 50/50 arrangements between teams.   I'm going to look online try to educate myself on exactly what they are and how they work.    Learn something new every day.   

 

[yk9001]

19 hours ago, jdodd said:

Is it possible above post is about a pool of money generated by tickets sold and then split  in a 

50/50 drawing?

When I posted about the Broncos game, I swear, that's what I thought the OP was talking about.  The charity 50/50 raffle.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

2 hours ago, yk9001 said:

When I posted about the Broncos game, I swear, that's what I thought the OP was talking about.  The charity 50/50 raffle.

Interesting enough they do them at the Ducks game.....

[UndertheHalo]

What are 50/50 arrangements ? Forgive my ignorance.  But im not sure I understand what this is ? Would some care to explain ?

[yk9001]

13 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

What are 50/50 arrangements ? Forgive my ignorance.  But im not sure I understand what this is ? Would some care to explain ?

https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/community/foundation/raffle

[UndertheHalo]

2 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/community/foundation/raffle

Oh, I know about these.  I thought you guys were talking about a seating arrangement or something.  

[yk9001]

I actually have no idea what we are talking about here.

[Taylor]

MLB is becoming like European professional soccer, where the visiting team's fans and home team's fans have to sit separately.

[Angel Oracle]

Every LA Chargers game so far?