I'd be surprised if data showed an overall decline in in-person attendance

Jul 8, 2024
11:39:43am

MaxxPower All-American

Younger demos trend to value experiences over any other way you can spend money. Economics and pricing might drive that same demo from being able to afford the event, but I think in-person attendance is safe for one more generation at least.

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MaxxPower

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Will there be major long-term consequences to the general decline in in-person

shoganai

Jul 8, 8:29am

The whole NCAA will become Stanford, lots of money, but nobody in the seats

travelcoug

Jul 8, 8:36am

What’s happening with sports in California

DataMouth

Jul 8, 8:47am

Only if we price ourselves out of dads taking their boys to games. We are

travelcoug

Jul 8, 9:13am

Pretty much already there.

BYUCPA

Jul 8, 9:18am

we haven’t gotten to the point where college stadiums rip out bleacher seats

travelcoug

Jul 8, 9:22am

The future of Sports in America is soccer

DataMouth

Jul 8, 8:37am

The future of sports also depends on pricing. Copa America didn’t have a ton of fans because seats were so expensive

TADOW

Jul 8, 8:39am

Yeah. But not really.

shoganai

Jul 8, 8:43am

Barf.

acadian8

Jul 8, 8:48am

luckily I'll be long dead before this change comes to pass

byujag

Jul 8, 8:48am

For clarity, my Thumb Up is not me cheering for your death … just agreeing with

BlueDiver

Jul 8, 1:26pm

Another contributing factor will be lawsuits involving CTE, and rising insurance

Bandersnatch

Jul 8, 8:55am

Soccer is not immune to that. Especially women's soccer and youth soccer.

fbguru

Jul 8, 10:57am

Never!

First-n-10

Jul 8, 10:03am

I was obsessed with soccer growing up. I played it all day, everyday until

Traveshamockery

Jul 8, 10:23am

I love to hear this from someone who played. I can’t stand to watch it, in person or on tv.

Real G Man

Jul 8, 11:42am

I played baseball from age 3 and into college. It’s hard for me to watch unless

Lefty24

Jul 8, 2:05pm

I played soccer for years as a kid, but it's absolutely horrible to watch.

2FarGone

Jul 8, 10:29am

In 100 yrs from now soccer will still be the sport of the future. It’s always

kotacoug

Jul 8, 10:49am

As is the metric system America’s future system of measurement

UMWolverine

Jul 8, 12:12pm

future is soccer? Hope I am gone by then. Boring to watch yeesh

Swishfromdeep3

Jul 8, 12:59pm

Seems to be a trend in all of business. There is a big enough group that can and

blackandblue

Jul 8, 8:39am

I've often wondered if this is a consequence of increasing wealth and income

NumbersGuy

Jul 8, 8:52am

Not everything can be a premium product.

shoganai

Jul 8, 8:54am

True. That’s why there is Burger King and McDonald’s. But college football and

blackandblue

Jul 8, 9:49am

Attendance has gone up over the past 2 years ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

TheLost

Jul 8, 8:41am

Marginal post-pandemic recovery. Still down significantly since the early 10s.

shoganai

Jul 8, 8:45am

After many years in decline this is true. And it went up 27 fans per game last year

krindorr

Jul 8, 8:47am

The simple fact is.. Stadiums have been too big for a long time.

TheLost

Jul 8, 9:00am

Yep. I found another "sold out" Rice Eccles game. It's despicable:

byuTX

Jul 8, 10:53am

Negative ones? Or just "consequences" in general? I'm pretty sure there will be

russkiejedi

Jul 8, 9:54am

I'd be surprised if data showed an overall decline in in-person attendance

MaxxPower

Jul 8, 11:39am

It's been showing it for 10+ years.

shoganai

Jul 8, 11:44am

Correct. My assumption is that it continues to rebound like it has

MaxxPower

Jul 8, 12:07pm

Is this in person decrease across all Sports or just College Football? How

SnickSnack

Jul 8, 1:58pm

Specifically college football. Not sure what other sports show.

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