Code: After 12.1% of the season complete Year Average Median %<10K %>20k 1996 27843 26416 10.5% 73.7% 1997 15885 11063 26.3% 26.3% 1998 15659 11921 13.0% 21.7% 1999 14072 14732 34.8% 17.4% 2000 13960 12952 26.1% 17.4% 2001 15441 15576 15.8% 10.5% 2002 18149 14127 5.9% 23.5% 2003 15491 15207 22.2% 27.8% 2004 16807 16935 27.8% 44.4% 2005 15774 12657 26.1% 17.4% 2006 18357 18143 13.0% 34.8% 2007 15910 15353 8.7% 21.7% 2008 15051 14919 20.0% 28.0% 2009 14520 12594 18.5% 14.8% 2010 18333 18197 10.3% 34.5% Final Numbers Year Average Median %<10K %>20k 1996 17406 15093 21.9% 26.3% 1997 14619 12733 25.0% 16.3% 1998 14312 11871 26.6% 16.1% 1999 14282 12973 32.3% 15.1% 2000 13756 12690 34.4% 12.5% 2001 14962 13431 26.6% 17.7% 2002 15821 14108 17.1% 18.6% 2003 14898 13641 23.3% 18.0% 2004 15559 13285 24.7% 25.3% 2005 15108 12619 27.1% 17.7% 2006 15504 14175 18.8% 18.8% 2007 16770 15353 8.2% 29.7% 2008 16459 15188 11.0% 24.8% 2009 16037 14686 14.7% 20.9%
AAQ after 12.1% of season complete Average: 3rd out of 15 Median: 2nd out of 15 <10k: 3rd out of 15 >20k: 2nd out of 15 AAQ = (3+2+3+2)/4 = 2.5 Holy smokes, that is an incredible AAQ.......If we were offered the deal right now to end the season at 2.5 I would take it with no questions asked.
This might be the week the "honeymoon" is over. Home games @ Dallas, NY, NE, Columbus, KC, Chicago, Chivas, and Toronto. We know Toronto will be over 21,000, Chicago or NY MIGHT get to 20,000. As for the rest- anything over 15K will be goood.
That is a rough slate of games. Averaging anything over 13K for the weekend would be a win in my eyes. Will be really interesting to see the crowd in NY.
An Average of 13K would still put us slightly over 17K YTD. All in all - not bad. If we finish 17K for the year, I'd take it in a heart beat.
I think RBNY with have a bounce back this week with Philly in town. Prolly a good number of walk up sales from visitors and I seem to remember reading in the Week 4 thread that this game is in the 4 and 8 game ticket packs.
I'm guessing it will be bigger that last week vs Dallas. It's Philly's first trip to RBA and I can imagine a couple of thousand people coming up the Jersey Turnkpike (or even Amtrak).
If the Fire get to 15K this Saturday I'll be happy. The Fire also have an "interesting" month in May with two home games plus a tournament with three teams from Europe. It'll be interesting to see how the advertising/sales/attendance goes for that month.
What's interesting to me is that the year that we're closest to is 2006. 2006 ended behind all of the past three years when things finished off. I don't have the data in front of me. What was so special about the start of 2006 -- arguably the best start since the league began? And, more importantly, why did it cool off?
I'd be disappointed if we couldn't crack 20k for the NYRB-Philly game, especially if there's good weather. I know personally, this is the game I've invited all my friends over to come in and watch.
I hadn't thought about that. I assume though the Fire are going to move forward with pushing the tournament as if the teams are coming. EDIT: Andy_B, is it time to add an over/under for 15K?
British Airways ran a flight test yesterday and the existing ash cloud did not create a problem for the engines. Expect air transport to return to normal shortly, but obviously the volcano could erupt further and change things.
Yeah, it has seemed to settle down. But this could go on for a very long time. With lulls and increased activity. I know they are trying to work around it. But I've got friends stuck here and in Europe. Along with friends and family unable to make upcoming trips they would like to do.
As far as I know people who bought 4 or 8 game packs were allowed to select games a la carte, so to speak. So whether the Philly game is part of that is up to the individual ticket holder. At least, that's how it worked for my gf, who bought both a 4 game and an 8 game plan.
The soul-crushing, heart-shrivelling, garment-wrending disappointment of three and out in Germany? I know I was a pig to live with for the few months after.
Don't know what to expect in Columbus, the Crew have only played one meaningful match in three weeks, four weeks since the home opener now. With NFL draft Thursday and Ohio State's Spring Game Saturday afternoon I won't expect any media coverage this week. Forecast of 60% chance of t-storms Saturday night kills much chance for walk up crowds, hopefully that changes as the week goes on. I'm just happy we finally get to play again though.
I seriously doubt either Chicago or New York will get to 20K. 17K would be superb for both of them. If even one of them hits 15K, that would be awesome. Perhaps the question should be: "how many sub-10K games this weekend?" There could be 3 or 4. The past two seasons, the Crew's lowest attended game of the year has been our second home game. (Despite the curious fact that they were both Saturday night games too, not midweek games.) Personally, I'd be happy just to hit the 10K mark this weekend. (It'd be nice to see more, but after the last 2 years, I'm getting my hopes way down.)
If you can find some way to make the trip 2 hrs each way from Lansing, rather than 4 hrs each way, I'd be a STH every year.