focuses on the relationships between attendance and different sets of variables: those that relate to the socio …, firstly, that the quality of the squad influences attendance through its performance on the pitch, secondly, that the level of … attendance is explained by the population of the province in which the club is based, and by both the current and historical …

professional soccer league, is the focus of examination through a seasonal attendance model which seeks to test the importance of … region and competitive balance in determining demand for attendance. The results of this model indicate that fans are …

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 …

estimate the effects of doubleheaders on attendance. The annual data over various sub-samples from 1920-2009 indicate that the … number of doubleheaders have either a negative or an insignificant effect on annual attendance. The daily data from 1938 …-2009 show that doubleheaders have a very positive effect on attendance on the day of the doubleheaders but that this is …

) offers unique data to investigate the issue. The announcement of a PED violation: (a) initially reduces home-game attendance … by 8 percent, (b) has no impact on home-game attendance after 15 days, and (c) has a small negative impact on the game … attendance for other MLB teams. This is the first systematic evidence that doping decreases consumer demand for sporting events. …

Minor League Baseball attracts over 40 million fans a year. One potentially important attendance draw is the ability …€™s attendance. Their results suggest that only those prospects ranked in the top 5 and at the highest level (AAA) have an impact on … their team’s attendance and their impact on attendance is small. …

Like Major League Baseball (MLB), minor league baseball attendance may be influenced by the quality of the team. We use … a minor league team’s winning percentage and attendance. We also find evidence that minor and MLB are substitutes as … increased ticket prices for the nearest MLB team lead to higher minor league attendance if that team is within 100 miles …