MLS attendance numbers...can someone help me out

Someone else posted this a couple weeks back. The MLS is like 17,350 and the NBA is 17,300, NHL is like 17,190

Here is the thread I posted weeks ago comparing NHL, NBA, and MLS. LINK

Go here to find the most up to date MLS attendance stats. They update weekly.

I'm bookmarking your thread for future naysayers of the sport

Just to play contrarian, you'll need to adress a few things.

MLS: 34 games
NBA: 82
NHL: 82

And average ticket price for all 3 sports.

Something to adress as a counter point is "could attendance numbers be affected by less games at a cheaper price".

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ALSO, I think a better gauge of attendance may be the average % of capacity. There are several MLS stadiums that have capacity well above most NBA arenas.

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Not all the stadiums were built for MLS teams though, that would skew your numbers.

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Not all the stadiums were built for MLS teams though, that would skew your numbers.

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Maybe, but stadiums like Qwest Field (actually now called CenturyLink Field) in Seattle reduce the official capacity for soccer matches because they don't sell seats in some sections. I believe they get over 30k for games at Qwest which are considered sell-outs even though that stadium holds 67,000.


Looking at Wikipedia, the stadium's official MLS capacity is 35,700...so you would base your attendance percentage on that capacity rather than 67,000.



ETA: Here are the stadium "official capacity" figures for all MLS stadiums per Wikipedia.

46,000 - RFK Stadium# (DC United)
37,500 - CenturyLink Field* (Seattle Sounders FC)
32,000 - Robertson Stadium# (Houston Dynamo)
27,000 - The Home Depot Center (LA Galazy; Chivas USA)
25,189 - Red Bull Arena (New York Red Bulls)
22,385 - Gillette Stadium* (New England Revolution)
21,800 - BMO Field (Toronto FC)
21,193 - Pizza Hut Park (FC Dallas)
20,500 - Empire Field (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
20,455 - Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus Crew)
20,008 - Rio Tinto Stadium (Real Salt Lake)
20,000 - Toyota Park (Chicago Fire)
19,680 - Dick's Sporting Goods Park (Colorado Rapids)
19,000 - Jeld-Wen Field (Portland Timbers)
18,500 - PPL Park (Philadelphia Union)
18,467 - Livestrong Sporting Park (Sporting KC)
10,300 - Buck Shaw Stadium (San Jose Earthquakes)


* These stadiums have artificially reduced their official capacities for MLS games.

# These stadiums are football stadiums that host MLS teams but do not artificially reduce official capacity.

Are you fricking kidding me Vancity is out drawing us??????
Toronto FC 19876 20658 -3.8% 20263 -1.9%
Vancouver 20019 New 0.0% New 0.0% Damn you Sheep buying up an extra 130 seats per game

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19,000 - Jeld-Wen Field (Portland Timbers)

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Actually 18,627

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Vancouver is in a temporary stadium this season. I expect their numbers to go up after they move into BC Place. The question is how do those numbers look 5 years from now.

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According to Wikipedia, the expected soccer capacity for BC Place will be 22,000 - just 1,500 more than their current stadium.

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Actually 18,627

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True. I remember them mentioning the sell-out figure during yesterday's match.

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According to Wikipedia, the expected soccer capacity for BC Place will be 22,000 - just 1,500 more than their current stadium.

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I hear you, I just think they'll sell that out next year too (new stadium in a better location, and their team should be be able to do better than this season).