2017-18 MASL Attendance Thread

I usually park by the museum parking structure and it was only $15 which isn't that bad. I always like watching the games from the comfort of my cheap couch but couldn't pass going to the game with an excited 6 year old!

 

I live downtown now, so I just walk to games. But I always used to park at the MATC structure on 8th and State (8 min walk) since it was always the cheapest (like $6)- not sure if it still is. You can almost always find free street parking on Clybourn as well (10 min walk).

 

We did that when we went to see Milwaukee vs Detroit the year before CR came into the league.

 

Since I've started taking my health more seriously, for the past two seasons I park on the corner of 7th & Clyburn in street parking. I also walk north on 6th street past the Milwaukee Theater to State St (the street between the Arena and the Bradley Center) then east to 4th, then back around to the front of the Arena.

Its about a mile and a half each way.

 

Not bad for Superbowl Sunday

 

I was at the Baltimore game, it was Saturday Night at 6 pm.

 

If we're pulling random estimates (Sonora and El Paso haven't reported an actual attendance figure for any games this year) I'd say 1,500.

 

I like the idea of the league having someone get verification from the arena staff (not just team staff) on how many tickets were actually used/scanned in at the gate. Most arenas have the electronic 'ticket readers' now. The arena staff would just email the ticket 'gate scan' report to the league after each game. Maybe also include the number of tickets 'paid for' as well. At least it shows how many tickets were actually used on game day or paid for ahead of the game. A paid seat is reserved, whether the ticket holder shows up or not.

I think some teams count 'tickets distributed' as part of attendance, such as stacks of tickets given to team sponsors, the kids team that played rug-rat soccer an hour before the game, etc. I don't think a 'team distributed'/charity ticket should count unless it was actually used for a person to attend that game. If a stack of such tickets (usually discount or free)sits unused on a sponsors desk or a soccer parents glove compartment, those tickets should not count towards attendance.

 

This isn't even padding numbers. This is just a lazy scorekeeper putting in a number to fill in a blank. It's not even an estimate because he pretty much puts the same thing no matter what the crowd looks like. The El Paso guy always puts 3,000. The first three games or so he always put 200.

 

To this point through 149 games 21 attendances end with 000 or 00.

All 9 of Sonora's games end in 000 and 3 of El Paso's end in 00 with the last 5 ending in triple zeds..

Baltimore had 2, but an official sellout is 3,800.
Syracuse and Turlock had the others.
It also appears Harrisburg has stopped reporting attendances.

 

Hearing CR was over 2k which matches what I saw.

 

Nearly 6000 for the Blast-Wave game is very impressive. is that the highest attendance of the season?