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Originally Posted by TennisA
Pretty sure they didn't have any money to give players appearance fees, considering they didn't have a sponsor for those years.
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Farmer Insurance? Ring a bell? Murray played in 2010 - I'm pretty confident he got paid. So, while Robbie Koenig knows a lot, he doesn't know everything - like the other talking heads on TV.
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Originally Posted by mikekelley
Living five minutes' walk from this venue, this is a major bummer. It was always fun to go to but never filled to capacity.
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Not that long ago it was a huge deal and a hot ticket. And for all the talk of the WTF being sold out, I'm getting emails from the ATP stating there are still tickets for sale.
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Originally Posted by ollinger
...and even supports its baseball team in a half-assed way....
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This isn't true - BOTH teams draw over 3 million fans a year. The Dodgers pretty much forever and the Angels since Moreno bought the club and got players and the Big A was renovated. The LA Kings won the Cup and if there weren't a strike would have had huge crowds - they sold all the season tickets that were allotted.
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Originally Posted by gavna
Old story - folks in the Southland have other things to do than attend sports events.....like go out and play the sports or hit the beach or the mountains...etc.
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This is the correct answer (and add the other forms of entertainment - movies, concerts, etc). There is a lot to do out here - if you don't offer a quality product, you are doomed. Querrey v Barankis isn't going to cut it.