The Falcons have no class nor caliber whatsoever,'' says Valerie Gamble, who is in health-care sales. The Fan Cost Index is a typical cost for a family of four to attend a game. It includes four average-price tickets, four small soft drinks, two small beers, four hot dogs, parking, two game programs and two caps. Locally and nationally, one of the common criticisms of Atlanta fans is that they often don't fill Turner Field for baseball postseason games. Seven of the Braves' past 13 postseason home games have failed to sell out.
Problem is, people treat postseason games in Atlanta like it's any other game.
My kids couldn't have had more fun'' than they did at a game in Chattanooga's new stadium last summer, he says. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution polled 408 adults in 13 metro Atlanta counties who say they are sports fans. The poll was conducted by telephone Jan. 16-19 by the Marketing Workshop, and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.