2016 FALL ATTENDANCE THREAD

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  1. FoxBoro 143

    FoxBoro 143 Member+

    Jan 18, 2004
    MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm thinking more likely they know this is it, they were slashing costs at all expenses to get through the year. They have been super quiet on all fronts when it comes to next season that I don't believe they will be defending their title.
     
  2. Zoidberg

    Zoidberg Member+

    Jun 23, 2006
    I'm gonna miss the comedy.
     
  3. Prosoccercdn

    Prosoccercdn Member+

    Aug 6, 2011
    Club:
    FC Edmonton
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    #503 Prosoccercdn, Nov 22, 2016
    Last edited: Nov 22, 2016
    So to wrap up this thread the final Spring/Fall Combined NASL numbers are :

    NASL 2016 average per game 4736

    Down 20% over the previous years D2 record NASL set with 5913 per game.
    First time the league didn't increase its average since inception in 2011.
    4736 is the 3rd lowest average for NASL in 6 years of existence so far.

    Ft Lauderdale inexplicably did not use the pro sport standard of announcing tickets distributed numbers announcing turnstile numbers instead bringing down the average further than it would have otherwise.

    2016 Team Averages :

    Minnesota.................8573
    Indy..........................8396
    Tampa Bay................5878
    Ottawa......................5482
    Miami.......................5427
    Carolina....................5058
    Puerto Rico...............3801
    New York..................3775
    Jacksonville..............3499
    OKC..........................3242
    Edmonton.................2060
    Ft Lauderdale............1343

    For comparison sake USL's average attendance for this season was up 2.1% at 3439 per game.

    Expanded figures and analysis can be found on Kenn's website :

    http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=8333


     
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  4. Kolyn

    Kolyn Member

    May 15, 2012
    Waterford, Ireland
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    If I'm not mistaken, Edmonton also announce turnstile numbers? And Rayo did after SOS moved on.
     
  5. Prosoccercdn

    Prosoccercdn Member+

    Aug 6, 2011
    Club:
    FC Edmonton
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Not Edmonton but your correct on Rayo OKC doing so as well after SOS was gone in the summer apparently.
     
  6. Ed NYC Firm

    Ed NYC Firm Member

    May 14, 2000
    NY
    Club:
    Dundee FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    With recent revelations .. I guess they didn't have money to do it.
     
  7. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Way to go Burrough Boys! At least you're authentic and proper and aren't sellouts to a soda or EPL minor league team.

    Congrats!
     
  8. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    It's pretty standard at the minor league level that teams owe the visitors a payment based on attendance. This is to help even expenses out and cover some of the costs of travel.

    If you're drawing 1300 fans at and you announce 3000 to make it look better to potential sponsors or advertisers, you also increase what you owe the visiting team (and in some leagues - the league office is funded off of a small percentage, but I don't know the NASL's arrangement).

    You can artificially drive up your expenses without any offsetting revenues.

    If you're a struggling financially, the cost/benefit can tilt towards announcing a lower number to keep costs down as opposed to a higher number to make it seem like a fun thing to do or appeal to sponsors. When this happens it is usually teams that are in a death spiral - like OKC.
     
  9. Darkwing McQuack

    Darkwing McQuack BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 11, 2011
    Morrisville, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #509 Darkwing McQuack, Dec 6, 2016
    Last edited: Dec 6, 2016
    If this ends up being the last season of NASL I'd like to thank @brentgoulet and @The One X for helping out with the attendance threads these past few years. It's been a fun ride.
     
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  10. brentgoulet

    brentgoulet Member+

    Oct 12, 2005
    PuertoPlata, DomRep
    Make that ''announced'' attendance ;)

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