Would Utah support a NFL team?

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If they can support a basketball team why wouldn't they be able to support a football team? The only thing I see being a problem is the whole playing on Sunday thing, but it's not like everyone in Utah is a Mormon and not all the people who are Mormons are always at church.

 

[Gameface]

If they can support a basketball team why wouldn't they be able to support a football team? The only thing I see being a problem is the whole playing on Sunday thing, but it's not like everyone in Utah is a Mormon and not all the people who are Mormons are always at church.

But who buys the season tickets? Could you be a prominent Utah business owner and a leader in the LDS church (a remarkably common combination) AND be a season ticket holder? The big money in Utah can't sign up to miss church at least 8 times a year. That's my opinion anyway. Joe six-pack (of mountain dew) might skip out on church here and there when he has a chance to go to a game, but the richest folks, the ones who would normally buy the best season tickets, can't make that commitment.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Sunday Jazz games are the most popular games of the week. They have the best chance of filling out seats and I have heard that is the highest $ spent on concessions per person.

Also I have gone to lots of NFL games with Mormons in other states. Some Mormons would not go but lots of them would.

 

[UGLI baby]

Are you guys serious? I live in Utah and watch Football EVERY SUNDAY. Not only that but I usually have 4 or 5 friends over too. So if even 25 percent of people in Utah watch football like me (extremely low estimate) that's about 700,000 people. Then you can't forget about the 4-5 friends they will bring with them. That's a fanbase of roughly 3,000,000. Now if we're realistic and say that only 10% of those people are going to come I every game that leaves 300,000 people. Quickly the problem becomes building a big enough stadium to house everyone.

Also, some of you are forgetting the marketability of "Monday Night Football Family nights." We could just schedule half our games every year for MNF. If its a choice between family home evening board games or going to the stadium for MNF family nights what do you think most people will prefer? Geeee hmmmm let me think about that.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Are you guys serious? I live in Utah and watch Football EVERY SUNDAY. Not only that but I usually have 4 or 5 friends over too. So if even 25 percent of people in Utah watch football like me (extremely low estimate) that's about 700,000 people. Then you can't forget about the 4-5 friends they will bring with them. That's a fanbase of roughly 3,000,000. Now if we're realistic and say that only 10% of those people are going to come I every game that leaves 300,000 people. Quickly the problem becomes building a big enough stadium to house everyone.

Also, some of you are forgetting the marketability of "Monday Night Football Family nights." We could just schedule half our games every year for MNF. If its a choice between family home evening board games or going to the stadium for MNF family nights what do you think most people will prefer? Geeee hmmmm let me think about that.

You can't schedule half your games for MNF. The NFL schedule those games and won't let a Utah team have that many.

 

[Gameface]

Sunday Jazz games are the most popular games of the week. They have the best chance of filling out seats and I have heard that is the highest $ spent on concessions per person.

Also I have gone to lots of NFL games with Mormons in other states. Some Mormons would not go but lots of them would.

That was not my experience at all. I tried to sell my season ticket seats for a pretty decent game on a Sunday. Ended up selling them below what my season ticket holder cost was. Noticed a lot of seats available for that game and tons of tickets being sold for cheap on KSL.

 

[Gameface]

Are you guys serious? I live in Utah and watch Football EVERY SUNDAY. Not only that but I usually have 4 or 5 friends over too. So if even 25 percent of people in Utah watch football like me (extremely low estimate) that's about 700,000 people. Then you can't forget about the 4-5 friends they will bring with them. That's a fanbase of roughly 3,000,000. Now if we're realistic and say that only 10% of those people are going to come I every game that leaves 300,000 people. Quickly the problem becomes building a big enough stadium to house everyone.

Also, some of you are forgetting the marketability of "Monday Night Football Family nights." We could just schedule half our games every year for MNF. If its a choice between family home evening board games or going to the stadium for MNF family nights what do you think most people will prefer? Geeee hmmmm let me think about that.

They'll rename Monday night football to Mormon night football. It'll be epic. 300,000 fans in the stadium losing their minds!

 

[Hotdog]

Who's got some numbers on how many people watch football on Sundays, in Utah.

I would look it up, but I don't have Google on my computer.


I bet it's a lot. And then I say, if they will watch it at home, then why wouldn't they just go to the game?

 

[asian_roger]

How many members of the LDS faith would stop going to church and starting going to the games? Thats the big factor.
I have Mormon friends that work on Sundays and watch football on Sundays, maybe they can set up a few church times after the games.

Utah Frontier
Utah Wild
Utah Pioneers
Utah Avalanches
Utah Bucks
Raptors

If they make a team name, it'll probably have to do something with the outdoors. We will have a hard time attracting free agents.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

That was not my experience at all. I tried to sell my season ticket seats for a pretty decent game on a Sunday. Ended up selling them below what my season ticket holder cost was. Noticed a lot of seats available for that game and tons of tickets being sold for cheap on KSL.

The difference is though those people can go to any other game on of the other days basketball games are played. Football is played nearly all on Sundays. I think people would make exceptions and miss a church service or two to catch a game in person.

 

[gregbroncs]

We would have as good as chance as anyone to be great. The NFL is built that way. If the Miller's owned it and ran it the same as the Jazz, I have no doubt we would eventually become a great team. People would follow a good team. For a long time. Not just a year.

I have seen a lot of people say no, they work wouldn't drop their current team. I call B.S. Maybe at first it would be hard, but I bet you all would come around.

I have routed for the same NFL team for 30 years. I'm 100X more loyal to them than I am the Jazz. I would not change the team I route for because of location. Especially with the NFL which is 100% available to watch any team from anywhere. Not saying some wouldn't but a lot would not change teams if they got a team here.

I still say there is absolutely no way this community would sell out and support an NFL team, for a while yes, for the long hall no. Hell even Jazz games don't 100% sell out and they are the only real pro team in town.

 

[gregbroncs]

Who's got some numbers on how many people watch football on Sundays, in Utah.

I would look it up, but I don't have Google on my computer.


I bet it's a lot. And then I say, if they will watch it at home, then why wouldn't they just go to the game?

It is a **** load easier to watch a game at home than it is to attend. Going to a football game is nearly a half day or more event. Going to church and watching a game on the same day is easy. Going to church and watching an NFL game in person? Nearly impossible. Watching one on TV takes no more effort than sitting down and turning on the switch.