Attendance and Winning
- By WarthogRebel
- Rebel Confidential
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We regularly have a recurrent discussion after a poorly attended game about why people don't show like they used to.
Wyoming is a good example of winning affecting attendance. Laramie doesn't have NHL, NFL or any other big time sport to compete with their college teams. I a reason often mentioned when we discuss attendance) But their attendance does move greatly with their ability to win. Last night they had 3200 people in a 12,000 seat arena. On TV it looked more like 1500. Before it was renovated, their arena used to hold 15000. They regularly put 12,000 to 15,000 in it IF THEY WERE WINNING. On a down year they drew 1/4 of that.
Winning is what matters to attendance.
Wyoming is a good example of winning affecting attendance. Laramie doesn't have NHL, NFL or any other big time sport to compete with their college teams. I a reason often mentioned when we discuss attendance) But their attendance does move greatly with their ability to win. Last night they had 3200 people in a 12,000 seat arena. On TV it looked more like 1500. Before it was renovated, their arena used to hold 15000. They regularly put 12,000 to 15,000 in it IF THEY WERE WINNING. On a down year they drew 1/4 of that.
Winning is what matters to attendance.