We examine the relationship between game day attendance, uncertainty of outcome, and team and facility quality in the … National Football League. Based on results from a reduced form model of game day attendance at 5,495 regular season NFL games … from the 1985-2008 seasons, we find weak evidence that attendance increases when fans expect the home team to win by a …

We investigate the possibility that new facilities affect attendance - the "novelty effect" - in professional baseball …, basketball, and football from 1969-2001 by estimating the parameters of a reduced form attendance model. Our results indicate a … team 163,436 over the first five seasons. This increase in attendance also suggests a corresponding increase in revenues …