GO ROYALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shinatoo]

If the Royals play well against the Mets and White Sox (next 6 games), the stands better be more full for the home stand against the Orioles.

You don't know our pain as Royals fans. We are bitter fucks and will not believe they're winners until after the All Star break.

This. We started 24-7 a few years ago and lost 90 games (approximately pedants). I bet it picks up after Memorial Day if we keep this pace.

17500 tonight. Already picking up. I'd guess 22k tomorrow.

[shinatoo]

You don't know our pain as Royals fans. We are bitter fucks and will not believe they're winners until after the All Star break.

This. We started 24-7 a few years ago and lost 90 games (approximately pedants). I bet it picks up after Memorial Day if we keep this pace.

17500 tonight. Already picking up. I'd guess 22k tomorrow.

Wrong. 23117

[Anthony_Hugo98]

Good to see. What is not good to see is Isbel absolutely destroying that Rally, then missing a possible redemption catch that ended up putting the O’s up by 2.

[GRID]

The Royals are getting a lot of crowds of around 10k and are barley able to average 17k Fri-Sun.

KC is in the same group with Tampa and Miami before you jump 3k to all the other teams that average at least 18k a game with the vast majority well over 20k.

Is that even sustainable? If KC doesn't get this new stadium deal done soon, what is keeping this team in KC? I really think people that don't think the Royals would or could move are not taking this seriously enough. (not really speaking to people here).

[Anthony_Hugo98]

The Royals are getting a lot of crowds of around 10k and are barley able to average 17k Fri-Sun.

KC is in the same group with Tampa and Miami before you jump 3k to all the other teams that average at least 18k a game with the vast majority well over 20k.

Is that even sustainable? If KC doesn't get this new stadium deal done soon, what is keeping this team in KC? I really think people that don't think the Royals would or could move are not taking this seriously enough. (not really speaking to people here).

Most people aren’t. Most people will say “what’s the harm in having a losing team leave town? We’ll just replace them with NHL/NBA”, as if they think it’s a 1:1 exchange or something, and they also don’t grasp the economic impacts of an absolute dogshit team still drawing over 1.3 million attendees in a season.

I still can’t grasp how people don’t see that Baseball is objectively the best sport for ancillary economics due to sheer attendance and days of activation alone, and having it squandered on the edge is just depressing.

[GRID]

The Royals are getting a lot of crowds of around 10k and are barley able to average 17k Fri-Sun.

KC is in the same group with Tampa and Miami before you jump 3k to all the other teams that average at least 18k a game with the vast majority well over 20k.

Is that even sustainable? If KC doesn't get this new stadium deal done soon, what is keeping this team in KC? I really think people that don't think the Royals would or could move are not taking this seriously enough. (not really speaking to people here).

Most people aren’t. Most people will say “what’s the harm in having a losing team leave town? We’ll just replace them with NHL/NBA”, as if they think it’s a 1:1 exchange or something, and they also don’t grasp the economic impacts of an absolute dogshit team still drawing over 1.3 million attendees in a season.

I still can’t grasp how people don’t see that Baseball is objectively the best sport for ancillary economics due to sheer attendance and days of activation alone, and having it squandered on the edge is just depressing.

That and MLB is still the only league that really says you are a major city. Much smaller metros can have NHL, NBA and NFL, but MLB is only in the biggest metros. Most cities draw 25-30k 80 times a year which is a much great impact than the other leagues as well. I hear it and read it all the time too. Let the Royals go. Just blows my mind. Either people don't care if they go or people don't believe they will go and they can force Sherman to keep them at Kauffman.

And even if the Royals did leave KC, I seriously doubt KC would get a NHL or NBA team anytime soon.

[DMNBT_RCJH]

Fantastic crowd tonight. That seventh inning felt big.

[Cratedigger]

5th MLB team to reach the 30 win mark this season! Unfortunately one of them is also in the AL Central

Good that we started strong because our next month or so of games is going to be tough

[Anthony_Hugo98]

5th MLB team to reach the 30 win mark this season! Unfortunately one of them is also in the AL Central

Good that we started strong because our next month or so of games is going to be tough

At least we have the A’s again

[TrolliKC]

14,031 for tonight’s attendance is super depressing. I heard it was a beautiful day in KC today as well. Wish the city would support its teams more. Maybe if the Sacramento A’s don’t move to Vegas it would be a nice spot for the Royals. Yes I’m trolling!

[Chris Stritzel]

Royals are now 12 games over .500 and are tied for the best first 50 games of the season with the 1976 Royals. They have a chance to sweep this Detroit series tomorrow and extend their current win streak to 6. Presently at 31-19.

[GRID]

Been watching every game. This team is a lot of fun to watch. They currently even have a better record than the 2015 team at this same time I believe. The Royals have been hammered by weekday game attendance this year, but they have a couple of great weekend series coming up with less weekday games to get attendance up. They have no season ticket base to work with right now.

If KC is still in a race with Cleveland at the end of June, that will be one hell of a series that I hope will nearly sell out.

We have already booked flights to Atlanta, hope to see them in Pittsburgh and will of course see them in DC this year. Missed them in Baltimore this year since it was during a hurricane haha.

Really hope this team keeps playing well. Especially since Bobby Witt has a long term contract they can build a team around.

[TheUrbanRoo]

To answer the "why isn't the attendance rising despite the fact the team is playing so well" is honestly just because people still aren't buying in yet. In most peoples minds they still just view it as a "hot start that's going to eventually crumble and come back down to reality"...most people don't realize it's been 50 games, which is far beyond a hot start fluke at this point.

I think once it hits June and people see they're still way up, reality will start to sink in that the team is legit and the stands will start to *really* fill up. Anecdoatally, I just know too many people that aren't paying close attention yet because they think it's still "too early". I know it's dumb, but that's the price you pay to get convince people of your attention when you've lost badly for a decade. It'll take longer to sell people on than normal.

[GRID]

So what if it is a fluke, all the more reason to go out and watch them while they are hot. This idea of having to be in the final weeks of a pennant race or coming off a World Series appearance for fans to show up is kind of getting old.

The Royals should be drawing at least 15k on weeknights and 25-30k on weekends now that the weather it getting nicer and they are one of the most consistent hot teams in MLB. That would only be like 20-22k a game average and would still be in the bottom ten. I was kind of surprised they only averaged 22k against the A's last weekend after being on the road.

This is a big reason the Royals need to move downtown. They are still missing that young, urban demographic of fans at the stadium.

[TheUrbanRoo]

So what if it is a fluke, all the more reason to go out and watch them while they are hot. This idea of having to be in the final weeks of a pennant race or coming off a World Series appearance for fans to show up is kind of getting old.

The Royals should be drawing at least 15k on weeknights and 25-30k on weekends now that the weather it getting nicer and they are one of the most consistent hot teams in MLB. That would only be like 20-22k a game average and would still be in the bottom ten. I was kind of surprised they only averaged 22k against the A's last weekend after being on the road.

This is a big reason the Royals need to move downtown. They are still missing that young, urban demographic of fans at the stadium.

Agreed this is why Royals should move downtown. Heck, maybe if they go to the playoffs and draw less attendance than 2023, the Royals could truly use that as why they have to leave Kauffman. "We gave you a winner and you still showed up more to the 100-loss team, lol we're leaving"

My hot take is it's also the Chiefs. Alot of friends of mine who were diehards in 2014-15 with the Royals aren't as interested anymore because all they care about is the Chiefs now. Not sure what we can do about that. I just think the Royals dug themselves a massive hole after 2015, and the Chiefs filled it 100x over...and now they're gonna have to really scrap for more fans attention in this city.