How Low Can You Go? Washington Nationals Attendance

Nationals Park, sparsely attended last season Even with a $611 million public investment, back in 2004-2005 there was a lot of talk by baseball boosters in the D.C. area that droves of fans coming from northern Virginia would spend their discretionary income in and around the new ballpark for the Washington Nationals, thus off-setting the public outlay. The problem is, you have to have fans come to the games for that model to work. And while the lack of development around the ballpark is not entirely the Nationals’ fault, the development of the team (or lack, thereof) has created a losing effort that makes anything MLB or Jeffery Loria put together in Montreal look like the 2000-era Yankees. After coming off a league worst 59-102 (.366) record last season, the team has come out of the gate with all the electricity of a 5-watt bulb, amassing a 1-10 (.091) record. Not that it needed further prodding after last season, but attendance watching for the Nationals is going to be a regul...