the guy going to the game on the tunnel bus is going to park downtown, pay parking, have a beer downtown, get something to eat, have a beer when he gets back, etc. you take away the bus, he either stays at home or just takes a cab right through downtown without stopping. 

it was the dumbest economic decision imaginable.

i also want to point out that the people on the bus pay taxes, too. for them, the bus is a service and taking it away is taking away a service they were paying for with their taxes, in order to pay for stupid christmas festivals and whatever else that they would largely not give a fuck about. did any regular tunnel bus riders get a tax rebate in return for the service that was taken from them? no - those taxes were rerouted towards other things, and most of those other things are bullshit. now, they're still paying taxes, but they lost this service they used.