I feel basketball, baseball and soccer are much more enjoyable from a social perspective than football, especially for a comparable price. Maybe at $300 football is enjoyable, but the stadiums are massive, and the cost means you’re much less likely to bring your own friends - so I guess you have to make new ones.
College football is a bit different though (probably with exceptions to stadiums over 65k)
I personally think baseball, with the slow pace, is actually the best in social terms.
> I personally think baseball, with the slow pace, is actually the best in social terms.
It's largely considered the most boring to go to because it's slow. In fact, it was recently so slow and uneventful, that added rule changes just to speed things up for fans...
I guess there's a case to be made it leaves more time to be "social" and talk to your friends at the game, but it's going to be hard to get them to go in the first place...
I like baseball well enough, and would not have minded the pace, but I don't want to got to nine-inning games that take three and a half hours to play.
I'll see your baseball and raise you test cricket. It is international level cricket; the visiting side coming to the host country for several months and playing a series of matches at different locations. There are normally up to 5 matches in a test series, and each match takes place over 5 days.
Quite fascinating to watch, and ranges from very mellow to nail-biting tension.
College football is a bit different though (probably with exceptions to stadiums over 65k)
I personally think baseball, with the slow pace, is actually the best in social terms.