Tag: attendance

ROCK PLAN TO PLAY NEXT HOME GAME WITHOUT FANS

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Oakville, ON – The Toronto Rock announced today that the team plans to play its Saturday, January 15 home game against the Halifax Thunderbirds without fans in attendance at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre, pending final approval from local officials. This is a result of recent provincial guidelines returning Ontario to a modified Stage 2 of reopening.

Full release can found HERE

We are surprised that Dawick would move ahead and play a home game with no fans in attendance.

While the NHL, and NBA can get away with no fans in the building. NLL teams cannot.

December Attendance

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A total of 113,536 fans attended nineteen NLL games during the month of December for a league wide average of 5,975 fans per game.

No NLL team was able to break the 10,000 attendance mark during the month of December,  not even once.

Philly is averaging 3,912 through two home games and Buffalo had 7,395 for their lone home game in December.

Again another disappointing December for NLL attendance, but we imagine COVID 1984 is playing a large part in keeping fans at home and watching on ESPN and TSN.

Or maybe the NLL  has failed to recognize the changing attendance habits of its fans, which COVID 1984 has only magnified. .

 

 

 

Game 1 Game 2
Albany  4,885
 Buffalo  7,395
 Calgary  9,361
 Colorado  8,730
Georgia  5,127
Halifax  7,488  6,424
New York  4,494  2,705
Panther City  7,309  3,587
Philadelphia  4,116  3,709
Rochester  4,311
San Diego  5,633
 Saskatchewan  9,112
Toronto 8,043 5,024
Vancouver 6,083
Total Games 19
League Average 5,975

NLL on ESPNews

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The NLL is currently airing live on ESPNews as the San Diego Seals take on the Colorado Mammoth.

We are old enough to remember when the Mammoth were the hottest sports ticket in Denver.

Now not so much.

Reduced capacity

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Found this gem during our travels around the interwebs.

Will the NLL be reducing capacity for the upcoming season? According to one Halifax season ticket, the answer is YES.

 

Ty Shrum

I’ve been in touch with my season ticket rep. He explained how the situation in Halifax will work.

They’re allowed up to 2500 fans in the arena (holds just over 10k). Going to be spread out into individual “bubbles” throughout the arena.

Hey at least New York, will not have an issue meeting reduced capacity requirements.

Attendance

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Season Total Average
2018-2019 950,083  9,596
2019-2020  618,738  8,035

Team 19-20 Avg 18-19 Avg YOY
Buffalo 12,089  13,046 -957
 Calgary 12,677 12,593  84
 Colorado 11,586  12,815  –1229
 Georgia 7,613   6,698  915
 Halifax  7,642  N/A  N/A
 New England 5,132  5,526  -394
 New York  4,157  N/A N/A
 Philadelphia 8,054   10,905  -2851
 Rochester  5,050  N/A  N/A
 San Diego 4,829   7,769  -2940
 Saskatchewan  12,007  13,459  -1452
Toronto 8,339 9,476 -1137
Vancouver 6,769 6,833 -64