NBA Attendance Down Slightly; 76ers Replace Bulls As Leader
Heading into the All-Star break, NBA teams are averaging 17,704 fans per game, down slightly compared to the same point last season.The 76ers lead all teams with an average of 20,413 fans at Wells Fargo Center, supplanting the Bulls at the top, who have led the league in attendance for nine consecut...
NHL Attendance Down Slightly Headed Into All-Star Break
NHL attendance heading into the All-Star break is just slightly off last year’s pace. NHL clubs are averaging 17,368 fans per game compared to 17,453 (-0.5%) during the same time frame last season. The Blackhawks remain on pace to lead the league at the gate for an 11th consecutive season -- despite...
NFL Attendance Lowest Since '10 Despite Chargers Rebound
NFL teams averaged 67,100 fans at home during the '18 regular season, the league's lowest figure since '10. This season is down 0.5% from '17. The Cowboys led all teams at the gate for the 10th straight season, dating back to when AT&T Stadium opened in '09, but that was down 1.2% from the venue-rec...
2018 MLB game-day giveaways
As Major League Baseball clubs wrestled last season with the challenges of attracting fans to ballparks, their reliance on non-baseball brands to do the trick — and, of course, bobbleheads — continued to grow.
Electronics rise to the top of bowl gifts this season
Since 2006, Sports Business Journal has tracked what gifts college football bowl committees have provided to the participants of their respective Football Bowl Subdivision games. Over the past few years, the majority of committees have opted to provide players with an opportunity to select items fro...
Michigan Once Again Has Highest Attendance In College Football
With an average of 110,737 per game during the '18 season, Michigan once again led college football in average home attendance. In November, the Penn State-Michigan matchup drew 111,747 fans to Michigan Stadium, the largest crowd of the football season. In Happy Valley, Penn State ranked second in a...
NFL critics use games to campaign
Although a handful of U.S. Senate candidates have politicized the act of athletes kneeling during the national anthem, it hasn’t stopped some of them from advertising during NFL games. Sports Business Journal looked at advertising spending on sports programs in three Senate races that have candidate...
MLB Attendance Down 4.1% From '17, Fails To Hit 70 Million
MLB ended the ’18 regular season with a total attendance of 69.67 million after yesterday's two division tiebreakers, down 4.1% from last year and the fifth decline at the gate in the last six seasons. The figure is also the lowest since ’03, when the Nationals had not yet relocated from Montreal, a...
MLB Average Attendance Still Pacing To Be Under 30,000 For Season
With less than a month left to play in the ’18 regular season, average attendance for MLB clubs is down over 4% and on pace to finish under an average of 30,000 for the first time since '03 (28,013). The Dodgers are leading all teams for a sixth consecutive season, up 2% in attendance at Chavez Ravi...