tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35971090.post7535372540933114667..comments2023-12-21T10:20:43.344-05:00Comments on The Hoover Street Rag: Have a SeatGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461267960136260783noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35971090.post-82602221531082218472011-10-07T22:14:18.209-04:002011-10-07T22:14:18.209-04:00if you want to see what it looks like on the other...if you want to see what it looks like on the other side, i.e. when the bubble bursts, take a look at attendance in the Italian Serie A. it's not pretty. the Rome derby, probably the fiercest rivalry in the country and one of the top ones in Europe, is a week from Sunday. i'm a couple days behind on my RSS feeds, but i just read an article that announced (with some excitement) that they'd sold 7500 tickets (in addition to the 12-15K season tickets already distributed). Lazio and Roma play in an 80,000 seat stadium. they will probably fill 30-40K seats by the time the match happens, but there will be lots of empty blue plastic. of course, one additional cause is that the European ultras are often crazy to the point of dangerous. the game looks _way_ better on tv if your fellow "fans" in the stadium are putting on amateur pyrotechnics displays and considering knifing somebody. we don't have that problem, but that doesn't mean we don't have a bubble.Ed Cormanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832549055517378348noreply@blogger.com