2017-2018 Attendance

[UWW2MU]

Sorry if this is available somewhere else.  I couldn't find it, so gathered it myself from the box score data.

Below is the 2017-2018 attendance figures.  If this data holds true, the average attendance is up roughly 100 people per game this year. 


What really struck me, although not surprisingly, is how much of a hit the team takes with 8pm weeknight games.   If we use the small sample size from non-conference games, each game that can be played at 6pm vs 8pm would see about a 7.5% increase in attendance, which would be good for bumping conf game average attendance up by 500 average per game on the season.

The worst conference attendance was DePaul (obviously) but it was further hurt by the snowstorm that day.

Date	Day	Time	Opponent	Attendance
11/4/2017	Sat	1:00:00 PM	Lindenwood	11533	*exhibition
11/10/2017	Fri	8:00:00 PM	Mount St Mary	13324
11/14/2017	Tues	7:30:00 PM	Purdue	13307
11/27/2017	Mon	7:00:00 PM	Eastern IL	11647
11/29/2017	Wed	8:00:00 PM	Chicago State	11685
12/2/2017	Sat	1:00:00 PM	Georgia	13476
12/5/2017	Tues	6:00:00 PM	Vermont	12055
12/18/2017	Mon	6:00:00 PM	NIU	12532	*Winter Break
12/21/2017	Thur	6:00:00 PM	American	12683	*Winter Break
12/27/2017	Wed	7:30:00 PM	Xavier	15095	*Winter Break
12/30/2017	Sat	3:30:00 PM	Georgetown	14889	*Winter Break
1/9/2018	Tues	8:00:00 PM	Seton Hall	12901	*Winter Break
1/15/2018	Sun	8:00:00 PM	DePaul	12278	*Snowstorm
1/28/2018	Sun	12:00:00 PM	Villanova	17120
1/31/18	Wed	8:00:00 PM	Butler	12779
2/3/2018	Sat	1:30:00 PM	Providence	18958
2/21/2018	Wed	7:30:00 PM	St Johns	12624
3/3/2018	Sat	3:30:00 PM	Creighton	18221

*edited: b/c learning new tricks is fun

[Nukem2]

8PM weeknight games are real killers for out of town folks.

[Benny B]

Sorry if this is available somewhere else.  I couldn't find it, so gathered it myself from the box score data.

Below is the 2017-2018 attendance figures.  If this data holds true, the average attendance is up roughly 100 people per game this year. 


What really struck me, although not surprisingly, is how much of a hit the team takes with 8pm weeknight games.   If we use the small sample size from non-conference games, each game that can be played at 6pm vs 8pm would see about a 7.5% increase in attendance, which would be good for bumping conf game average attendance up by 500 average per game on the season.

The worst conference attendance was DePaul (obviously) but it was further hurt by the snowstorm that day.


Wish tables worked better on message boards!

Date	Day	Time	Opponent	Attendance
11/4/2017	Sat	1:00:00 PM	Lindenwood	11533	*exhibition
11/10/2017	Fri	8:00:00 PM	Mount St Mary	13324
11/14/2017	Tues	7:30:00 PM	Purdue	13307
11/27/2017	Mon	7:00:00 PM	Eastern IL	11647
11/29/2017	Wed	8:00:00 PM	Chicago State	11685
12/2/2017	Sat	1:00:00 PM	Georgia	13476
12/5/2017	Tues	6:00:00 PM	Vermont	12055
12/18/2017	Mon	6:00:00 PM	NIU	12532
12/21/2017	Thur	6:00:00 PM	American	12683	*Winter Break
12/27/2017	Wed	7:30:00 PM	Xavier	15095	*Winter Break
12/30/2017	Sat	3:30:00 PM	Georgetown	14889	*Winter Break
1/9/2018	Tues	8:00:00 PM	Seton Hall	12901
1/15/2018	Sun	8:00:00 PM	DePaul	12278	*Snowstorm
1/28/2018	Sun	12:00:00 PM	Villanova	17120
1/31/18	Wed	8:00:00 PM	Butler	12779
2/3/2018	Sat	1:30:00 PM	Providence	18958
2/21/2018	Wed	7:30:00 PM	St Johns	12624
3/3/2018	Sat	3:30:00 PM	Creighton	18221

FIFY.  115 seconds.

[UWW2MU]

FIFY.  115 seconds.

OK fine, true story... I was being lazy.

[mu_hilltopper]

So .. 11,533 is the lowest and likely very close to the season ticket holder count for 2018.   The number of walkup ticket sales (plus other giveaways) for Lindenwood had to be very, very small.

My guess is that MU's walk-up ticket sales are very very low for all games.  The games with higher sales are mostly associated with a package.

So .. It's not the Snowstorm on Jan 15th that killed sales.. it's DePaul, and an 8pm time slot. -- Now, butts-in-seats is another matter.

[Golden Avalanche]

8PM weeknight games are real killers for out of town folks.

Anecdotally from Scoop, seems they are a killer for in town folks as well.

[Mr. Nielsen]

NIU & Seton Hall was also over Winter Break.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

FIFY.  115 seconds.