U.S. Open (tennis) has now eclipsed the Super Bowl as America’s greatest sporting event

[Anonymous]

U.S. open is bursting at the seams with popularity this year! Over 1M fans expected to visit. The Super Bowl can’t hold a candle to the top notch food and concessions they’re serving at the U.S. open. Several Michelin starred chefs are making dishes for fans at the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open Honey Deuce drink has been a smashing success and has its own cult following on social media. The players and fans at the open are also international, which is pretty much exactly opposite of the Super Bowl. Suffice to say, the U.S. Open is now America’s greatest sporting event. It’s not some niche sport like American football. It looks sooooo much more fun to attend too.

[Anonymous]

That's why there are so many empty seats they are all getting their food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's why there are so many empty seats they are all getting their food.

Pretty much. It is a giant party/carnival like atmosphere. Super fun time. So many celebrities to big time politicians show up. Best food and drinks in sports. Massively fun time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's why there are so many empty seats they are all getting their food.

Pretty much. It is a giant party/carnival like atmosphere. Super fun time. So many celebrities to big time politicians show up. Best food and drinks in sports. Massively fun time.

That's great but the tv ratings and attendance don't compare to larger events and counting attendance over a 3 week period skews the numbers and one of those weeks they don't charge for admission.

[Anonymous]

yeah, the SB definitely lacks in terms of quality amenities, no A-list celebrities or popular politicians, and TV viewership is far off as compared to any 2-week tennis tournament.

With close to zero build up around the SB, it just seems like a missed opportunity.

If only the SB could think of how to take advantage of the TV broadcast...maybe the NFL could suggest some interesting commercials to be aired during that game, that could drive more people to watch, or even host some type of SC party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:U.S. open is bursting at the seams with popularity this year! Over 1M fans expected to visit. The Super Bowl can’t hold a candle to the top notch food and concessions they’re serving at the U.S. open. Several Michelin starred chefs are making dishes for fans at the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open Honey Deuce drink has been a smashing success and has its own cult following on social media. The players and fans at the open are also international, which is pretty much exactly opposite of the Super Bowl. Suffice to say, the U.S. Open is now America’s greatest sporting event. It’s not some niche sport like American football. It looks sooooo much more fun to attend too.

Last year is averaged 1M viewers. Miami trouncing Florida in a terrible game on Saturday got 6.6M viewers. Tennis in this country is not even remotely popular anymore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:U.S. open is bursting at the seams with popularity this year! Over 1M fans expected to visit. The Super Bowl can’t hold a candle to the top notch food and concessions they’re serving at the U.S. open. Several Michelin starred chefs are making dishes for fans at the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open Honey Deuce drink has been a smashing success and has its own cult following on social media. The players and fans at the open are also international, which is pretty much exactly opposite of the Super Bowl. Suffice to say, the U.S. Open is now America’s greatest sporting event. It’s not some niche sport like American football. It looks sooooo much more fun to attend too.

you are a buffoon.

The NFL is by far the richest sport league in the world - outclassing the EPL by more than 2x.

The NFL is expanding, with tremendous success, into Europe - and this has been going on for years. The 1st ever game in South America will be played this Friday. There are more international players today than ever before and the NFL has an international player development program that is quite successful. That does not happen in a vaccuum.

The NFL is the richest and most powerful professional sports league in the US. Tennis can't even compete against hockey - arguably the weakest of the 4 major professional sports in the US and I doubt that tennis could even match up against the MLS in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.S. open is bursting at the seams with popularity this year! Over 1M fans expected to visit. The Super Bowl can’t hold a candle to the top notch food and concessions they’re serving at the U.S. open. Several Michelin starred chefs are making dishes for fans at the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open Honey Deuce drink has been a smashing success and has its own cult following on social media. The players and fans at the open are also international, which is pretty much exactly opposite of the Super Bowl. Suffice to say, the U.S. Open is now America’s greatest sporting event. It’s not some niche sport like American football. It looks sooooo much more fun to attend too.

Last year is averaged 1M viewers. Miami trouncing Florida in a terrible game on Saturday got 6.6M viewers. Tennis in this country is not even remotely popular anymore

Meanwhile, youth participation rates in football are steadily declining as more and more people learn how terrible that dumb sport is for your brain. Keep on clutching those pearls on the way down. There’s going to be an inflection point soon as all of the youth who now longer play nor are interested in football translate that into being a non-consumer of the NFL in adulthood. The Super Bowl is a has been. More people tune into the SB simply for the halftime show than the actual sport. Tennis is truly an international sport for which you can call the winner a global champ. If tennis added gimmicks like Taylor Swift entertainment intermission shows, their viewership would blow up too.

[Anonymous]

Is this a bot posting? This reads like a PR 101 school assignment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.S. open is bursting at the seams with popularity this year! Over 1M fans expected to visit. The Super Bowl can’t hold a candle to the top notch food and concessions they’re serving at the U.S. open. Several Michelin starred chefs are making dishes for fans at the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open Honey Deuce drink has been a smashing success and has its own cult following on social media. The players and fans at the open are also international, which is pretty much exactly opposite of the Super Bowl. Suffice to say, the U.S. Open is now America’s greatest sporting event. It’s not some niche sport like American football. It looks sooooo much more fun to attend too.

Last year is averaged 1M viewers. Miami trouncing Florida in a terrible game on Saturday got 6.6M viewers. Tennis in this country is not even remotely popular anymore

Meanwhile, youth participation rates in football are steadily declining as more and more people learn how terrible that dumb sport is for your brain. Keep on clutching those pearls on the way down. There’s going to be an inflection point soon as all of the youth who now longer play nor are interested in football translate that into being a non-consumer of the NFL in adulthood. The Super Bowl is a has been. More people tune into the SB simply for the halftime show than the actual sport. Tennis is truly an international sport for which you can call the winner a global champ. If tennis added gimmicks like Taylor Swift entertainment intermission shows, their viewership would blow up too.

Fun exercise. At football's current rate of participation decline, how many decades until it's as unpopular as tennis is today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.S. open is bursting at the seams with popularity this year! Over 1M fans expected to visit. The Super Bowl can’t hold a candle to the top notch food and concessions they’re serving at the U.S. open. Several Michelin starred chefs are making dishes for fans at the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open Honey Deuce drink has been a smashing success and has its own cult following on social media. The players and fans at the open are also international, which is pretty much exactly opposite of the Super Bowl. Suffice to say, the U.S. Open is now America’s greatest sporting event. It’s not some niche sport like American football. It looks sooooo much more fun to attend too.

Last year is averaged 1M viewers. Miami trouncing Florida in a terrible game on Saturday got 6.6M viewers. Tennis in this country is not even remotely popular anymore

Meanwhile, youth participation rates in football are steadily declining as more and more people learn how terrible that dumb sport is for your brain. Keep on clutching those pearls on the way down. There’s going to be an inflection point soon as all of the youth who now longer play nor are interested in football translate that into being a non-consumer of the NFL in adulthood. The Super Bowl is a has been. More people tune into the SB simply for the halftime show than the actual sport. Tennis is truly an international sport for which you can call the winner a global champ. If tennis added gimmicks like Taylor Swift entertainment intermission shows, their viewership would blow up too.

you think the NFL doesn't know this? The typical NFL player does not come UMC neighborhoods of Bethesda, Potomac, McLean, Great Falls so the decline in youth participation in this locales is pretty meaningless. The avid consumers of the NFL product sure come from those neighborhoods though.

The league brought in nearly $19 billion in revenue last year. There is no way league officials and owners are ignoring the data (and public sentiment) regarding player safety. As long as there is high demand, which translates to $$, the NFL will have a steady pipeline of talent (just take a moment to understand how the landscape of college football has dramatically changed in the last few years).

Show me top college programs that have multiple years of low recruiting classes and then yes, I would agree that the NFL/football would be on the decline. All current data and evidence points to the exact opposite.

[Anonymous]

Bwahahahahahaha!

Nope

[Anonymous]

Please don't feed the troll.

[Anonymous]

Maybe if OP had said pickleball instead of tennis, it wouldn’t be as far out there.

Pickleball seems to be taking over, whether we like it or not.

[Anonymous]

It's really fun to go! I kind of miss the days when it felt more like a local NY event, although the food is better now.