Week 27 Attendance

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by FlashMan, Oct 2, 2003.

  1. 352gialloblu

    352gialloblu New Member

    Jun 16, 2003
    England
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    That sucks. Cubs, maybe?

    SF will make up for it. Not that I can help...:(
     
  2. mr.acorn

    mr.acorn New Member

    Jul 22, 2001
    Grand Rapids, Michigan
    The numbers in Chicago are a little disappointing.

    Columbus and KC about standard.....

    On the plus side- Decent mid-week crowd in Colorado....

    For Dallas, their biggest crowd since the home opener.....

    And SanJose has cleared the 10,000 mark for the fifth staight game.
     
  3. Northside Rovers

    Jan 28, 2000
    Austin TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It is a Season Lie.
     
  4. Beerking

    Beerking Member+

    Nov 14, 2000
    Humboldt County
    Yes, you are.
     
  5. Eric B

    Eric B Member

    Feb 21, 2000
    the LBC
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Do the Burn have a FlexPack-type plan? Maybe the unused tickets are starting to be counted.
     
  6. mpruitt

    mpruitt Member

    Feb 11, 2002
    E. Somerville
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Re: Fun With Numbers

    Thanks so much for breaking that down like that. I'll have to take your word on it in regards to the actual figures as I'm both lazy and a moron. But if it can be blamed very easily and relatively logically on a scapegoat then great. The occasional press mention, or bigsoccer nerd esteem knock because attendance is down could be easily explained away to advertisers and the rest due to the Dallas factor.
     
  7. PercyB2362

    PercyB2362 New Member

    Jul 12, 1999
    Re: Re: Fun With Numbers

    Uh... not quite. True, if DB's 2003 was adjusted to match 2002, the L's average would exceed 15K alright, but still fall far short of 2002's average. And this in a year when there was so much increased season ticket sales jubilation bantered about here on BS. Sorry, but DB as THE scapegoat just won't wash.
     
  8. prk166

    prk166 BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 8, 2000
    Med City
    I can just feel the love.
     
  9. kpaulson

    kpaulson New Member

    Jun 16, 2000
    Washington DC
    Re: Re: Re: Fun With Numbers

    Of course you're right, but the season's not over yet. Attendance probably will rise slightly over the last few games as it has pretty much every year. When all is said and done, I have a feeling that the biggest reason for the shortfall will be the Dallas Burn's drop which equals about a 500 fan drop in the average attendance.

    Colorado is probably the next biggest culprit, even though I don't think many people are complaining about its 17k average. But they'd be responsible for about a 300 fan drop in the attendance.
     

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