- Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:42 pm
#107968
They're removing thousands of seats to make the stadiums look fuller.
The announced attendance of 57,013 was the lowest for a Redskins home opener in the 21-year history of FedEx Field — down more than 21,000 from the 78,658 who attended the Redskins’ 2017 home opener against the NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles.
It also broke what the Redskins have claimed is a 50-year streak of home-game sellouts.
Swaths of empty seats attested to the story, along with the large section of 300-level end zone seats that was covered with advertising signage and, at the opposite end zone, the removal of seats to create an open-air plaza for fans to mingle, order drinks and keep tabs on other NFL games via 30 HD TV screens.
This same issues plagues other NFL teams this year and their marketing people have come up with a solution. To convey the impression of demand, the teams are removing thousands of seats, the vast majority in the upper decks.
