Eventually, sports franchises even had to bring television into the stadium to keep their fans coming.
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This announcement comes as Nascar has been trying to keep its fans coming to the track.
For the most part, the stories and game play are what keep those fans coming back.
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With Monster World, Wooga has kept fans coming back long after a game launches.
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But it's the stories and the soul that keeps fans coming back, Stem says.
The crosstown Cubs make their money on tourists and post-college-age fans coming in to drink themselves silly.
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In the coming weeks, fans can expect additional new videos, characters, and much more exciting content to be revealed.
"We did not calculate that we would have a high number of foreign fans coming to the Confederations Cup, " says Dr Jordaan.
He says these numbers of fans coming through the turnstiles are not enough to sustain the club who are at the bottom of the league.
South Wales Police said there had been no problems with fans coming into the city and the all supporters travelling by road had made it on time.
"It'll be great experience fighting at the O2, loads of east London fans coming out - they'll love it and I'll love fighting in front of them, " he said.
But I've been around others who were so into their fame they couldn't see anyone outside their protective cocoon not as long as they had fans coming up to them, because then they knew they still existed.
The primary goal was to keep fans engaged and coming to the ballpark despite a bad season on the diamond by having fans submit questions via Twitter to television broadcasters, andplayers like Cy Young candidate Clayton Kershaw (who is trying to build an orphanage in Zambia) and MVP candidate Matt Kemp be guest tweeters for an entire day.
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He thanked the fans for coming all the way to Massachusetts.
This week has been a long time coming for Philadelphia Phillies fans, whose team stands on the cusp of its first World Series championship in 27 years.
With a new software update coming in November, fans of the Fox show Glee, for example, will be able to rent an episode, start watching on their iPhones during the morning commute, watch some more on the PC during lunch, and finish up after work with the iPad or Apple TV.
He was criticised for keeping fans waiting after coming on stage late for Monday's performance in London.
Earlier this week he was criticised for keeping fans waiting after coming on stage late for Monday's performance.
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Sports tailgaters, especially Nascar fans, are coming by the carload to RV dealerships.
In this summer's World Cup, around a third of the industry's turnover came from foreign punters placing bets with British bookies, with much of this coming from rich Asian football fans.
At least Evan Longoria and David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays were complaining because their fans were not coming out to root for them capture a division title, not for a .500 season.
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Less power going in means less heat coming out and removes the need for fans and other devices to cool the hot chips and other components doing all the hard work.
"Still didn't shoot the best but it always helps coming home and playing in front of these fans, " Smith said.
Man U also lays claim to an unmatched global fan base: 333 million followers and 139 million core fans, with more than half coming from Asia.
Translink is putting on extra services for fans travelling within the city and those coming from outside it.
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It's right that it's coming here, I've no doubt the fans will go.
He set up for several promising putts of the type that fans are accustomed to seeing Mickelson sink coming down the stretch.
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Regrettably for Yankee fans, the idea of the Sox coming back from the brink--down three games to none--to win the pennant is more than possible.
Coming off his big game and agitating to opposing fans even when he's struggling, Robinson was loudly booed during introductions, and each time he touched the ball early on.
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