To the people of the Capitol and the wealthier districts (Districts 1, 2, and 4), the Hunger Games are basically a sporting event, much like football or soccer. Of course, to us, comparing football to an event in which 24 children fight to the death until only one is left standing is appalling, but it is a normal thing to these people. At the same time, the Games are also like a pageant (at least at the beginning), with incredible fashion displays and interviews. This means that the Games have the same attractions as both of those events.
- The social aspect of getting together to watch everything with everyone else (like going to a sports bar to watch a game)
- Enviable fashion during the parade and interviews
- Getting to know the tributes through their training score and interviews
- Analyzing the tributes' personalities to try to determine the winner
- Betting on your choice
- Seeing the new things the Game Master has the tributes face, such as the locations, the muttations, etc.
- Participating as a sponsor to help your favorite win
- Watching the action as the tributes fight
- Suspense as you wait to see who wins (sort of like getting really excited when a football player is nearing the end zone)
- Cheering/Lamenting when something happens
The Games are a huge social event in the Capitol, they practically take over the whole city as everyone is consumed by everything that is going on: the parade, the training, the interviews, the Games, the victor. Even when the Games are not happening, the victor (or victors, in the case of Katniss and Peeta) is traveling around the districts, visiting everyone and making speeches and paying tribute to the fallen tributes of each district. The Games are always present, always have something happening, for people to remember and enjoy.
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