How do I improve fan loyalty?

[knightnorth]

I'm playing CIncinnati - a huge baseball town. I've won 2 world championships in recent years. In the past 15 seasons I've never finished lower then 3rd. Why is my fan loyalty at D? I'm having huge trouble filling the seats and my tickets prices are the lowest in the league. I have 3 "fan favorites" who I try to keep happy (even if they fail to perform). I never had this problem in BM 08 what am I missing in this game?

[wase]

too much cash on hand - city will think youre not spending as much as you should

[jcbarr]

Yep, that is a common problem. If you have a ton of money, start spending it, don't just let it accumulate.

[knightnorth]

I really don't think that's the problem in my case. I rarely have over 3,000 at season's end (1918). Most teams are holding over 5-10k with one team in debt. Sometimes I go into the negatives could that be the case?

[FRENCHREDSOX]

I'm playing CIncinnati - a huge baseball town. I've won 2 world championships in recent years. In the past 15 seasons I've never finished lower then 3rd. Why is my fan loyalty at D? I'm having huge trouble filling the seats and my tickets prices are the lowest in the league. I have 3 "fan favorites" who I try to keep happy (even if they fail to perform). I never had this problem in BM 08 what am I missing in this game?

Check your stadium quality - fans "hate it" if you are a great team but have "crappy" facilities

[grasshopper]

There are few things that keep/ build fan loyalty. Too bad winning isn't one of them. You could have the worst/ most low budget team and take them to the playoffs. Doesn't matter.

1) Spend the cash you have on free agents. Stupid, but it works

2) Win the WS. Adds 2-3each time

3) Build a new stadium. Adds the most

4) Re-sign popular players at any cost

I couldn't get this going either as the lowly Washington Nats (in a new stadium). Year 1 I started trading everybody except Zimmerman for prospects to build some kind of future. I increased my minor league expense to near top of the league. By 2014, I had so much talent, etc, I won the WS. My fan rating went from like 72 to 82. I won it the next year too for good measure. My fan rating went to 91. Now my team has premium players that I cant afford, but so what. I got asses in the seats. My name should be Geoffrey Loria, except I am gonna build on my team.