Not sure how many years wide I can keep this but so far three seems to be manageable.
This city is a sucker for big events and marquee stars, and comparatively weak at just showing up for everything else. Opening days, closing days, RB games, Pirlo's first, Gerrard and the Galaxy visiting, even the end of the season all get decent large bumps.Not sure how many years wide I can keep this but so far three seems to be manageable.
This city shows up to see a broken down Carmelo Anthony 41 times a year. They don't give two shits about Maxi Moralez or Jack Harrison.
You want attendance, put Wayne Rooney on the pitch.
Attendance picked up in 2015 when Lampard arrived.
Your point is completely valid but I'd rather have good attendance because soccer is getting more popular rather than "simply" because we won the cup or have a big star or two. Yeah, I know, reality, whatevs, but I'd like to see enough people like the game well enough so that they *would* come to see Harrison play.This city shows up to see a broken down Carmelo Anthony 41 times a year. They don't give two shits about Maxi Moralez or Jack Harrison.
You want attendance, put Wayne Rooney on the pitch.
Attendance picked up in 2015 when Lampard arrived.
Not sure how many years wide I can keep this but so far three seems to be manageable.
Well crap, now I have homework.Not sure if this is easy for you to do, but it would be great to see a 3- or 5-game moving average.
I get my numbers from here:Here are the raw data for 2015 and 2016.
2015
Attendance Thread
Game 1 - New England - 43,507 (Sun, 5pm)
Game 2 - Kansas City - 27,545 (Sat, 7pm)
Game 3 - Philadelphia - 20,461 (Thur, 7pm)
Game 4 - Portland - 21,891 (Sun, 7pm)
Game 5 - Seattle - 25,384 (Sun, 7pm)
Game 6 - Chicago - 23,315 (Fri, 7pm)
Game 7 - Houston - 26,211 (Sat, 7pm)
Game 8 - Montreal - 24,042 (Sat, 7pm)
Game 9 - New Jersey - 48,047 (Sun, 5pm)
Game 10 - Toronto - 27,533 (Sun, 3pm)
Game 11 - Orlando - 32,041 (Sun, 2:30pm)
Game 12 - Montreal - 27,645 (Sat, 2pm)
Game 13 - DC United - 28,262 (Thur, 7pm)
Game 14 - Columbus - 30,018 (Sat, 4pm)
Game 15 - Toronto - 25,075 (Wed, 7:30pm)
Game 16 - San Jose - 28,321 (Sat, 7pm)
Game 17 - New England - 34,150 (Sun, 5pm)
Hi - New Jersey - 48,047
Lo - Philly - 20,461
Total - 493,448
Avg - 29,026 (3rd in MLS)
Avg (w/o hi/lo) - 28,329
Median - 27,545
Average first 8 - 26,545
Average last 9 - 31,232
(The following exclude Games 1 and 9)
Avg Sat: 27,297
Avg Sun: 28,200
Avg Worknight: 24,278
Avg Weekend Day: 30,277
Avg Weekend Night: 25,566
2016
Attendance Thread
Game 1 - Toronto - 30,315 (Sun, 5pm)
Game 2 - Orlando - 24,597 (Fri, 7pm)
Game 3 - New England - 23,425 (Sat, 3pm)
Game 4 - Chicago - 22,930 (Sun, 7pm)
Game 5 - Montreal - 23,352 (Wed, 7pm)
Game 6 - Vancouver - 25,438 (Sat, 4pm)
Game 7 - New Jersey - 37,858 (Sat, 3pm)
Game 8 - Orlando - 25,039 (Sun, 4pm)
Game 9 - Real Salt Lake - 22,736 (Thur, 7pm)
Game 10 - Philadelphia - 27,456 (Sat, 1pm)
Game 11 - New Jersey - 33,613 (Sun, noon)
Game 12 - Colorado - 25,711 (Sat, 3pm)
Game 13 - LA Galaxy - 35,509 (Sat, 3:30pm)
Game 14 - DC United - 23,768 (Thur, 7pm)
Game 15 - Dallas - 25,204 (Sat, 7pm)
Game 16 - Chicago - 25,011 (Fri, 8pm)
Game 17 - Columbus - 30,374 (Sun, 4pm)
Hi - New Jersey, 37,858 (2015 - New Jersey, 48,047)
Lo - Real Salt Lake, 22,736 (2015 - Philly, 20,461)
Total - 462,336 (2015 - 493,448)
Avg - 27,196 (2015 - 29,026)
Avg (w/o hi/lo) - 26,783 (2016 - 28,969)
Median - 25,438 (2015 - 27,545)
Avg Sat: 28,657 (2015 - 28,907)
Avg Sun: 28,454 (2015 - 33,222)
Avg Weeknight: 23,285 (2015 - 24,599)
Avg Friday Night: 24,804 (2015 - 23,315 for one game)
Avg Weekend Day: 29,474 (2015 - 33,721)
Avg Weekend Night: 24,067 (2015 - 25,566)
I get my numbers from here:
http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/ma...york-city-fc-vs-san-jose-earthquakes/boxscore
I do the chart in Numbers on a Mac, so I do have the data behind it in a spreadsheet but I'm considering getting a better charting program so I can do, well, better charts. Like I'd love to be able t0 put the weather on the bars, for example (Rainy 34°). Used to do crazy charts in DeltaGraph perhaps a billion years ago so maybe I'll look into it.
The subway has been atrocious this year with no 4 service from Brooklyn, and this past weekend the D was rerouted & local from Brooklyn to Columbus Circle. The MTA doesn't give any fcks about games.There seems to be a lot more people coming from the metro north train station than the subway this year. It's just an observation after going to the games this year vs last year and the first year.
I don't know what that means re: attendance numbers but the subway traffic is down considerably.
The subway has been atrocious this year with no 4 service from Brooklyn, and this past weekend the D was rerouted & local from Brooklyn to Columbus Circle. The MTA doesn't give any fcks about games.
There seems to be a lot more people coming from the metro north train station than the subway this year. It's just an observation after going to the games this year vs last year and the first year.
I don't know what that means re: attendance numbers but the subway traffic is down considerably.
Easy to do in Excel thankfullyWell crap, now I have homework.
There seems to be a lot more people coming from the metro north train station than the subway this year. It's just an observation after going to the games this year vs last year and the first year.
I don't know what that means re: attendance numbers but the subway traffic is down considerably.
This city shows up to see a broken down Carmelo Anthony 41 times a year. They don't give two shits about Maxi Moralez or Jack Harrison.
You want attendance, put Wayne Rooney on the pitch.
Attendance picked up in 2015 when Lampard arrived.
Happily it turns out it was only a couple of extra clicks to turn it on.Not sure if this is easy for you to do, but it would be great to see a 3- or 5-game moving average.