Art has more fans than professional sports, yes really !

This is why it is so nefarious that the proposed ballpark will cannibalize all the available parking etc. infrastructure in San Jose's downtown:

"Americans, in particular, are said to be uncultured when it comes to high art, more likely to go to a ballpark than a museum. But, as I tell my foreign colleagues, the statistics belie that stereotype. Americans visit museum on a scale eclipsing sports.

In 2007, more people visited the Smithonian Institution museums in Washington (24.2 million) than attended a game played by the NBA (21.8m), the NHL (21.2m), or the NFL (17m).

In Chicago, eight million people visit the city's museums every year. That is more than one season's attendance for the Bears, Cubs, White Sox, and Bulls combined."

Priceless, how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures, by Robert K. Whittman (founder, FBI Art Crime Team) -- 2010 Crown Publishers