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 …

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 …

, supporting the UOH for TV audiences and furthering the discussion around diverging preferences between stadium attendance and TV …, supporting the UOH for TV audiences and furthering the discussion around diverging preferences between stadium attendance and TV …

literature on superstars in sport as a determinant for demand. The econometric analysis uses NFL stadium attendance data between … 2009 and 2019 to examine the question of the relationship of social media and stadium attendance. It applies censored tobit … attendance, even when controlling for the metropolitan area where the stadium is located. It argues that our commonly used …