Although conventional wisdom holds that alcohol availability increases baseball attendance, little evidence exists on … the complementarity between attendance and alcohol availability. To address this gap in the literature, we examine the … effect of Rome, Georgia’s November 2004 legalization of Sunday alcohol sales on a minor league baseball team’s attendance …

baseball team, combined with past studies suggesting income does not affect minor league baseball attendance, leads us to …

This paper investigates the determinants of game-day attendance in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) from … consequently leads to higher attendance. Moreover, the results of the quantile regression show that these effects are especially … factors such as the quality of play and the Derby effect also significantly influence game-day attendance. Moreover, the …

This paper investigates the effects of the recent economic crisis on Major League Baseball (MLB) attendance during the … estimates for the coincident indicators suggest the economic downturn drove a fall in attendance of about 6.5%, compared to the … attendance in MLB suggests the indicator is a viable proxy for income in game attendance demand studies. …

football on TV can make it difficult to maintain attendance levels at the stadium. Fans of clubs that were featured the most … necessary to maintain attendance levels. Fans that had strong preferences for foreign football attended less frequently. This … in maintaining attendance levels. As a result, a strategy aimed at strengthening the bonds between fans and clubs may be …

Cactus League was proposed. We find that the Cubs increase attendance when they are the away team by about 37%. Thus, the …

increased scrutiny. This study examines the role of fighting, along with other factors, as it relates to attendance in the top …

between competitive balance and regular season average attendance in Major League Baseball (MLB) using the actual to idealized … standard deviation ratio exits. This paper examines the effect that competitive balance has on MLB attendance between the … a significant inverse relationship between the ratio, games behind, and regular season average attendance. This confirms …

This study examines the importance of team success for attendance for Major League Baseball teams. Winning and … attendance go together for most baseball teams, but the direction of causation is not obvious. Winning could lead to greater … attendance as fans want to see a winner; an increase in attendance could lead to greater winning as teams have greater resources …

After controlling for a number of plausible influences on matchday attendance in the English Premier League, and with … outcome is associated with reduced gate attendance. The conventional uncertainty of outcome hypothesis proposes precisely the …