After being a season ticket holder through the hey day of an arena bowl championship (all the way until this season) this years' version of the franchaise is about as disappointing as it gets. Not only is the team awful to watch, but there are no more fan friendly activities which make people want to come out to the games.
Gone are the after game autograph sessions, the pregame family fest activities and any worthwhile fan participation games during the times out. On top of that, no significant merchandise sales tell me the team does not want to invest in creating long time fans.
This organization for the past couple years has continuously milked the season ticket holders for all they could get and done nothing to go out an get new fans. It is really starting to show this year. Cash only concessions tells me that the Allstate Arena knows there are going to be hardly any sales so no use bothering with credit card machines for the Rush games.
The worst thing though...as stupid as it sounds....no fan cam on the jumbo tron. Kids love seeing themselves on the big screen, Yet that was taken away. So I would like the Rush or Ticketmaster to tell me, exactly why anyone would want to come out to see the Rush play? The team stinks, the entertainment stinks, and there are no signs that the ownership cares about the fans. Why are they still charging $20-$70 for tickets when 80% of the stadium is empty???
You don't make money without the fans and you don't get the fans without entertaining them. Cutting back on these expenses is only alienating the fans more. Lower ticket prices, have better promotions and get the people out there......then you don't need to be concerned with "cutting back".