Yahoo - SEC explores ways to keep attendance high, including $2 million per stadium t

[Jenni Carlson]

Every sport is dealing with the issue of people deciding to stay at home and watch a game rather than deal with going to the stadium. Part of it is their own fault. Teams have been gouging for years. NFL teams run a scam called preseason, with two fake (and fully priced) games on the season-ticket package. College teams insist on charging fans for dreadful games against FCS teams as part of their schedule. Then when you get charged $50 just to park your car, and have to wait in a long line for a beer that's the same price as a six-pack (with change left over) at the convenience store by your house, and you realize that you'd see the game and replays far better on your HDTV at home, you wonder why you're at the stadium. Teams are smart enough to realize that fans aren't going to be so excited to spend a ton on that home game against Chattanooga, so they are brainstorming ways of making the stadium experience worthwhile. And one of the ideas that is sure to cause traditionalists to vomit: Improving WiFi in stadiums.

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