For the UFL perception is reality, and no matter how much the league blows off the poor attendance numbers, and no matter how many viable arguments there are for why the attendance is so low, the simple fact here is if the games are poorly attended sports fans around the nation will continue to ignore this league.
This league can ill afford another poor showing at a big time venue. In their second week of games just 6,341 fans showed up to San Francisco’s AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, for a game between the California Redwoods and the New York Sentinels.
The League had games scheduled for November 4 at Citi Field in New York, and another game November 14 at AT&T Park. To avoid another high profile debacle the league has moved those two games to new venues.
The Redwoods will host the Las Vegas Locos at San Jose State’s Spartan stadium. The New York Sentinels will host the Las Vegas Locos at Hofstra’s James M. Shuart Stadium. There is one game remaining at AT&T Park to be held November 19 between the Florida Tuskers and the Redwoods.
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