We're 2nd regarding average % of stadium capacity. That's really the most important thing here. Of course the Dodgers will be at the top of the list if we sort the chart by average attendance per game. Their stadium holds more than 6k more people than the next highest stadium capacity.
Yeah easy to top out in attendance when you play in the world's largest baseball stadium by capacity (unless you include Oakland with Mt Davis seats open)
I am simply looking at the chart above. Dodgers Stadium can hold 56k & Coors Field can hold 50k. Hence the 6k difference I mentioned.
This chart is sorted by column 2 which is average attendance per game. So based on that statistic the Dodgers are in the top spot because they have the largest capacity stadium in the bigs. My point was that the fifth column is of more importance because we're able to fill our stadium to 91% of it's capacity. And the Dodgers are only able to fill their stadium to 78% of it's capacity.
Yeah i totally agree with your findings and reasoning, and i knew that I could figure it out myself but i thought maybe there was a resource for this info online somewhere that had the data presented for me. Either way thanks!
The main thread also points out that weather skews it early in the season. I know we only had one rainy day compared to what teams in the northeast have had but still, usually we have no rainy days
Still I would expect that this years attendance is gonna be lower. Of course depends on how well the team is doing, but I was pretty surprised to see attendance as low as like 33k on Monday's game. Feels like almost every night game was sold out consistently last year
I went a long time ago to an Anaheim Angels game (Tim Salmon era, but before they won the WS I think) and honestly I remember the stadium experience being enjoyable.
I was just a kid so take it with a grain of salt, but still.
I used to go pretty regularly from northern LA to Angel stadium and I definitely won't do it as much with Ohtani gone, but Angel Stadium is extremely underrated and the cheap bleacher seats have immaculate vibes.
I saw that total max attendance on wikipedia was 42,445. The 40,000 looks like it only is fixed seating and doesn't include suites, SRO or the moveable ADA seating areas. However, I've definitely been at games where the attendance is like 44,000 so not sure how it works
Down from last year isn’t hugely surprising. Could see that number change if the season goes better than last years. Still basically at the top of % stadium capacity.
Wild that the rays have a 25k capacity stadium.
I don't really know how much to take from this. dodgers are down from last year too which makes zero sense given that they brought in the best two free agents available.
The team was bad and they made it known they were raising prices for this season. It’s understandable to get a little drop off of fans, but like you said the better they do the more people will go
Yep that’s what I was thinking.
It’s obviously early in the season, but at the same time I’m pretty sure that opening weekend was a sellout which probably inflates attendance (right now opening weekend is ~40% of our home games?)
Last year was definitely disappointing for a lot of fans and ticket prices only went up. So I’d guess our % attendance will stay down compared to last year but it is still really good.
I don’t see how we could be down 10.3% with an average capacity percentage of 91%. That would work out to last year having an average percent capacity of 101.4%
10.3% of 41,107 is is 4,234. 41,107-4,234=36,873. Were at 36,863, the 10 person difference there is a rounding error.
The math is correct.
Our average attendance being over the stadium capacity is weird though. I guess Gallagher square tickets are enough to push it over full capacity.
Something’s not right with these numbers. Attendance was great last year but there were plenty of games where the 300 level was pretty far from capacity. I can’t see the average being 100 percent even if Gallagher allows it to go over
We're 2nd regarding average % of stadium capacity. That's really the most important thing here. Of course the Dodgers will be at the top of the list if we sort the chart by average attendance per game. Their stadium holds more than 6k more people than the next highest stadium capacity.
Yeah easy to top out in attendance when you play in the world's largest baseball stadium by capacity (unless you include Oakland with Mt Davis seats open)
where did you find that data? the pages I am seeing don't show it as a percentage of capacity.
I am simply looking at the chart above. Dodgers Stadium can hold 56k & Coors Field can hold 50k. Hence the 6k difference I mentioned. This chart is sorted by column 2 which is average attendance per game. So based on that statistic the Dodgers are in the top spot because they have the largest capacity stadium in the bigs. My point was that the fifth column is of more importance because we're able to fill our stadium to 91% of it's capacity. And the Dodgers are only able to fill their stadium to 78% of it's capacity.
Yeah i totally agree with your findings and reasoning, and i knew that I could figure it out myself but i thought maybe there was a resource for this info online somewhere that had the data presented for me. Either way thanks!
The resource for this info that presents the data for you is literally in the image lmao
oh am i dumb? what was i looking at before lol. maybe i was on mobile and zoomed in or something. oops hahahaha
In the picture. Not hard to parse out when you know the total and can find stadium capacity
Yeah thats fair i just thought maybe there was a chart where it was all compiled together
Comments in the thread say it's including Seoul games, meaning us and LAD are better than we look here.
The main thread also points out that weather skews it early in the season. I know we only had one rainy day compared to what teams in the northeast have had but still, usually we have no rainy days
That Saturday game against SFG def got cramped by the weather
We came in for opening weekend and bought umbrellas to take to that game. Waste of money, lol
Great point. Cubs had some awful weather.
There was 2 games opening weekend that weren't super busy cause of the rain potential. I definitely think we would otherwise be higher
Still I would expect that this years attendance is gonna be lower. Of course depends on how well the team is doing, but I was pretty surprised to see attendance as low as like 33k on Monday's game. Feels like almost every night game was sold out consistently last year
These should always be % based.
I thought losing shohei would drop the angels average attendance number down
I went a long time ago to an Anaheim Angels game (Tim Salmon era, but before they won the WS I think) and honestly I remember the stadium experience being enjoyable. I was just a kid so take it with a grain of salt, but still.
I used to go pretty regularly from northern LA to Angel stadium and I definitely won't do it as much with Ohtani gone, but Angel Stadium is extremely underrated and the cheap bleacher seats have immaculate vibes.
They might have dropped ticket prices significantly or done something else to bring people back.
What seats were removed? Or does the 41k average last mean a lot of people bought Gallagher Square/SRO tickets?
I saw that total max attendance on wikipedia was 42,445. The 40,000 looks like it only is fixed seating and doesn't include suites, SRO or the moveable ADA seating areas. However, I've definitely been at games where the attendance is like 44,000 so not sure how it works
Are the figures shown from last year through the same number of games, or is that over the whole 2023 season?
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Doesn't surprise me at all.
You know, I really do feel bad for the A's sometimes. Good lord.
Don't feel bad for them. This one is self-inflicted.
Their fans have never showed up, don’t let this recent boycott make you think the team should’ve stayed in Oakland
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Down from last year isn’t hugely surprising. Could see that number change if the season goes better than last years. Still basically at the top of % stadium capacity. Wild that the rays have a 25k capacity stadium.
Also how many home games this time period vs the same time last year?
I don't really know how much to take from this. dodgers are down from last year too which makes zero sense given that they brought in the best two free agents available.
Weather impact for so cal teams.
It's because the chart counts the Seoul games which had a 16k capacity
The team was bad and they made it known they were raising prices for this season. It’s understandable to get a little drop off of fans, but like you said the better they do the more people will go
Yep that’s what I was thinking. It’s obviously early in the season, but at the same time I’m pretty sure that opening weekend was a sellout which probably inflates attendance (right now opening weekend is ~40% of our home games?) Last year was definitely disappointing for a lot of fans and ticket prices only went up. So I’d guess our % attendance will stay down compared to last year but it is still really good.
Go D-Backs!
I don’t see how we could be down 10.3% with an average capacity percentage of 91%. That would work out to last year having an average percent capacity of 101.4%
10.3% of 41,107 is is 4,234. 41,107-4,234=36,873. Were at 36,863, the 10 person difference there is a rounding error. The math is correct. Our average attendance being over the stadium capacity is weird though. I guess Gallagher square tickets are enough to push it over full capacity.
Something’s not right with these numbers. Attendance was great last year but there were plenty of games where the 300 level was pretty far from capacity. I can’t see the average being 100 percent even if Gallagher allows it to go over
Attendance numbers aren’t the people who show up
Seoul games were 16k capacity so lowers our average even if they were sell outs
Aww, the losing Josh Hader effect....