Chicago White Sox fans were found to drink the most of all fans in Major League Baseball, a new study found.
According to the study, White Sox fans drink an average of 4.2 drinks per game and spend about $ 46, placing them at the top of the “Booziest Baseball Fans” list.
“Chicago’s ‘South Siders’ have been known to get a bit noisy, so it may come as no surprise that the White Sox is # 1 on our list of MLB fans who drink the most,” said NJ Online Gambling.
Chicago Cubs fans ranked number 14 on the list, reportedly drank an average of 3.4 drinks per game and spent about $ 45, just a dollar less than White Sox supporters.
The White Sox was also on the company’s list of the company’s “greatest pregamers” at No. 3, just behind fans of Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals. About 67% of White Sox fans reported drinking before the game started, the survey found.
According to a similar survey, 49% of White Sox fans also “probably missed some or all of the game because they had too much to drink,” putting them back in the top spot.
The NJ Online Gambling survey surveyed MLB fans over the age of 21 from across the U.S. According to the company, 58% of respondents were male and 42% female, with an average age of 36.
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Chicago could potentially see some fans returning to the stands, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday, as the city prepares for the baseball season to kick off.
“Not at the moment, but I think there will come a point sometime this season when you’ll see fans in the stands of both the Wrigley and Guaranteed Rate pitches, which I still call Sox Park,” said Lightfoot.
The White Sox will return home on April 8 after starting their season on the road, while the Cubs will start their home opener at Wrigley Field on April 1.
Lightfoot’s comments come as some fans return to booths in long-closed places, like New York’s Barclays Center.
“What I’ve said before is that we’re in talks with both sports teams,” said Lightfoot. “I think they have come up with very good plans and when we are ready we will announce what the future will look like to other potential spectators in the stands.”
Gov. JB Pritzker said last week that talks were “underway” for Illinois as well.
“I don’t want to prejudge this process. I mean, frankly, we rely on the epidemiologists and, you know, to figure out how to do that practically,” Pritzker said Friday. We all have a lot of hope that the numbers – as they have done very well in the state of Illinois so far – will continue to go that way. But you know, Senator. [Dick] Durbin talked about the other variants out there. And so we just want to be wary and careful about what we do. But those discussions certainly continue. “
Earlier in February, Dr. Allison Arwady, the director of the Chicago Department of Public Health, said that while the city is “making good progress”, sports teams are likely still “months away” from allowing fans to attend games.
The Cubs and White Sox played their 2020 seasons without fans in the stands, and the Chicago Bears did the same at Soldier Field, without fans attending any of their eight home games.
Each of the teams said they are in close contact with health officials about the situation.