Posted October 4, 201014 yr MLB attendance drops for 3rd straight year NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball's average attendance dropped for the third straight season, falling 1 percent this year. The 30 teams combined to draw 73.06 million fans, an average of 30,067, STATS LLC said after Sunday's regular-season finales. Last year, in the midst of a global economic downturn, the teams drew 74.42 million, an average of 30,350. The average was a 6.7 percent drop from 2008's 32,527, when the total was 78.59 million. Major League Baseball set records in 2007, with a total of 79.5 million and an average of 32,785. Any thoughts ?
October 4, 201014 yr Cue Raysfan1998 entering the thread..... Well, the point there is that the Rays are bad relative to all the teams, not relative to previous attendances. (I'm trying to cut him off at the ridiculous pass.)
October 4, 201014 yr If the NFL locks out, it may suffer similarly to how baseball suffered in popularity, and baseball may have the chance to rise again! (/optimism)
October 5, 201014 yr It's not a popularity thing, it's an economy thing. It's happening in all the sports, NBA, NHL, and in baseball. It's probably happening in the NFL but with the blackout rules the attendance numbers we see are complete lies.
October 7, 201014 yr Maybe its also a technology thing. Watching at home might be a better experience. And maybe its because of fantasy baseball. Do a significant amount of fans play fantasy baseball or does it just seem that way?
October 7, 201014 yr It's not a popularity thing, it's an economy thing. It's happening in all the sports, NBA, NHL, and in baseball. It's probably happening in the NFL but with the blackout rules the attendance numbers we see are complete lies. The NFL is a little different. Teams don't draw a million people because they can't. The investment in even $50 seats is $500 a seat (with preseason) and thus it is more accessible than, lets say, 41 NBA dates at $35/game or 81 baseball dates at $20/game.
October 7, 201014 yr Maybe its also a technology thing. Watching at home might be a better experience. And maybe its because of fantasy baseball. Do a significant amount of fans play fantasy baseball or does it just seem that way? That I can actually see as being a reason. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing like being at the ballpark and cheering your team on. But with more and more homes getting HD televisions, I can see why some people would choose to watch the game in the comforts of your own home instead.
October 7, 201014 yr It's not a popularity thing, it's an economy thing. It's happening in all the sports, NBA, NHL, and in baseball. It's probably happening in the NFL but with the blackout rules the attendance numbers we see are complete lies. The NFL is a little different. Teams don't draw a million people because they can't. The investment in even $50 seats is $500 a seat (with preseason) and thus it is more accessible than, lets say, 41 NBA dates at $35/game or 81 baseball dates at $20/game. Can you re-explain your post because I'm having trouble figuring out what you're saying.
October 7, 201014 yr It's not a popularity thing, it's an economy thing. It's happening in all the sports, NBA, NHL, and in baseball. It's probably happening in the NFL but with the blackout rules the attendance numbers we see are complete lies. The NFL is a little different. Teams don't draw a million people because they can't. The investment in even $50 seats is $500 a seat (with preseason) and thus it is more accessible than, lets say, 41 NBA dates at $35/game or 81 baseball dates at $20/game. Can you re-explain your post because I'm having trouble figuring out what you're saying. I think he's trying to say the NFL is less of a commitment in terms of time and money. You can get season tickets for about $500 ($50 a game for 10 games). For the most part games are all played on Sunday. The NBA or NHL has 41 home games. If tickets were $25 a game, you would have to spend $1,025 on tickets alone. Then you have 41 dates (many weekday games) to commit to plus parking and game day expenses. Season tickets for an MLB team would cost $1620 and there are games everyday of the week. So fans would probably stick with season tickets of NFL team longer than season tickets of an MLB or NBA team because season tickets are cheaper and its also less of a time commitment.
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