Roddy Russell Jr.
Registered
No, it's not fair. I trek back from Philadelphia for the games. I have a young family. I was one of the first 1,000 season ticket holders. I've paid the club A LOT of money. Maybe not as much as LionNYC has, but it's a sizeable amount. I don't really care about something as stupid as Fan Appreciation Day. What I do care about is being able to attend the match and sit in the seats I paid for. That's all. As a paying customer, I have the right to be pissed off. The last two home matches of the season have now been moved on me. Those were two matches my family and I had planned our schedules around. I think it's ok for me to be less than thrilled right now.
And there is no shot in hell I would be able to get to Citi Field for a playoff match, which pisses me off even more.
I side with this guy.
I live in the DC area now, moved here in April of 2016. Before that, I was in college upstate. I went to one match in 2015, and two last year, one was the DC away game at the end of the season. This year, I've gone to three, the home opener, the DC away game, and the HRD on August 6th. Going to matches is a luxury for me, especially now that I moved out of NYC. I was really thinking of going to this final game despite the now-expensive Megabus or Boltbus tickets, just so I can see the Fan Appreciation Day events in person, because I never got to see them before. But now, it's not worth it anymore.
Whatever is needed to start building a stadium—land purchase, deals to make, whatever—I need to hear that before the end of this calendar year. If not, I will be watching from far and will not attend games in person next year.