Re: Boston University Terriers 2015-2016 Season Thread Part the 1st
Now that the last of the 4 pm games has been played I took a look at the attendance figures. As I mentioned a while back it is hard to do a straight comparison due to different teams playing, lack of a home game on the same weekend Saturday, etc., but I did match five of the six 4 pm games to a similar game played last season. The one game I did not match was the Denver Halloween game as it had no similar game last year to compare with. I matched 3 games vs the same team, even though they were on different weekends and the other two I used the opponents for the same weekend:
exhibition game
10/04/14 - 3542 - St. Thomas
10/03/15 - 2974 - Acadia
difference: -568
regular season games
11/08/14 - 4658 - Connecticut
10/24/15 - 4199 - Connecticut
difference: -459
10/31/15 - 3084 - Denver
11/01/14 - 4648 - Providence
11/14/15 - 5508 - Providence
difference: +860
10/25/14 - 5846 - Michigan
11/21/15 - 5003 - Michigan
difference: -843
12/06/14 - 4366 - Merrimack
12/05/15 - 3765 - Vermont
difference: -601
The exhibition games were the same weekend, as were the Merrimack and Vermont games, and both had significant attendance drops (16% and 14% respectively). The Connecticut game this season was 2 weeks earlier than last season and saw a 10% drop in attendance, while the Michigan game was a month later this season and saw a 14% drop in attendance. The Providence game was 2 weeks later this season and had an 18.5% increase in attendance, most likely due to fans wanting to see the rematch of the NC game. The 4 pm games did not increase attendance, as even with the Providence game the attendance for the five games declined by 1611 (7%) for an average decrease of 322 per game.
Sean
Now that the last of the 4 pm games has been played I took a look at the attendance figures. As I mentioned a while back it is hard to do a straight comparison due to different teams playing, lack of a home game on the same weekend Saturday, etc., but I did match five of the six 4 pm games to a similar game played last season. The one game I did not match was the Denver Halloween game as it had no similar game last year to compare with. I matched 3 games vs the same team, even though they were on different weekends and the other two I used the opponents for the same weekend:
exhibition game
10/04/14 - 3542 - St. Thomas
10/03/15 - 2974 - Acadia
difference: -568
regular season games
11/08/14 - 4658 - Connecticut
10/24/15 - 4199 - Connecticut
difference: -459
10/31/15 - 3084 - Denver
11/01/14 - 4648 - Providence
11/14/15 - 5508 - Providence
difference: +860
10/25/14 - 5846 - Michigan
11/21/15 - 5003 - Michigan
difference: -843
12/06/14 - 4366 - Merrimack
12/05/15 - 3765 - Vermont
difference: -601
The exhibition games were the same weekend, as were the Merrimack and Vermont games, and both had significant attendance drops (16% and 14% respectively). The Connecticut game this season was 2 weeks earlier than last season and saw a 10% drop in attendance, while the Michigan game was a month later this season and saw a 14% drop in attendance. The Providence game was 2 weeks later this season and had an 18.5% increase in attendance, most likely due to fans wanting to see the rematch of the NC game. The 4 pm games did not increase attendance, as even with the Providence game the attendance for the five games declined by 1611 (7%) for an average decrease of 322 per game.
Sean
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