2013 Blue Jays attendance figures

[G-Snarls]

Attendance, on average, is down across major league baseball. But we are one of a few teams seeing continual increases.

 

The most recent data I can find online shows an average of 31,417 fans per game at Rogers Centre, and a total of 1,445,173 fans so far this season.

 

That ranks, I believe, 6th in the AL and 14th in all of baseball

 

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlb/teams/040/attendance.aspx?team=040

 

Hope it keeps up, and I hope the team gets in to the thick of things in the second half to help maintain it.

[G-Snarls]

Some relative numbers from 2012 to 2013:

 

Jays are up 4,790 per game compared to last year (an 18% increase)

 

Of course, it's easier to go up when you had a few years of dismal attendance, but still nice to see

 

Miami is down the most (not surprising), but Phillies are way down too.

 

Only the Jays, Orioles and Nationals are up a significant amount compared to last year

 

What's the Hell is wrong with Pittburgh fans?!?!?! They're not up at all compared to 2012. In fact, they're down slightly, 22nd rank in attendance, despite having the 2nd best record in baseball.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/current_attendance.shtml

[digiblader]

Blame the drops across MLB on:

 

-Bad US economy

-Declines in the Yankees and Phillies--see the numbers:

 

Yankees 39722 (-4,011)

Phillies (-5,231)

Red Sox 33,954 (-3,614)

 

-Miami.

[digiblader]

And boy are the Rays fans apathetic--they're down 3,069 from last year, despite being in contention. Texas is way down too, most likely due to no Josh Hamilton and a huge lack of stars. Stupid ESPN/TMZ generation.. they'd rather see stars then a fundamentally strong team.

[G-Snarls]

Stupid ESPN/TMZ generation.. they'd rather see stars then a fundamentally strong team.

 

Go 2013 Blue Jays!!! LOL

[G-Snarls]

Darvish, Kinsler, Cruz and Beltre are stars. Texas is fifth in baseball in attendance and were third last year. They're only down a couple thousand per game, which could be due to any number of factors.

 

Yeah

 

It's Philadelphia and Tampa who should be worrying I think

 

(Well and maybe Miami but they don't have to sell any tickets to make money with their payroll hahahaha)

[Abomination]

Are you comparing mid-season data this year with end of year data last year for attendance? Most teams probably draw better during the summer.

[Chappy]

Are you comparing mid-season data this year with end of year data last year for attendance? Most teams probably draw better during the summer.

 

Which should be a big factor to help maintain the Jays attendance figures over the next 8 weeks or so.

[G-Snarls]

Are you comparing mid-season data this year with end of year data last year for attendance? Most teams probably draw better during the summer.

 

Good question

 

Yes I was, and such variability would be possible, but in the case of the Jays it doesn't seem to matter.

 

Comparing apples to apples (first half of 2012 vs first half of 2013) the amount of increase is the same:

 

First half 2012: 1,224,816 total, 26,626 per game

 

First half 2013: 1,445,173 total, 31,417 per game

 

+ 4791 fans per game

 

Source:

 

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlb/teams/040/attendance.aspx?team=040

[JugglingPitches]

Florida fans are probably the worst fans, in any sport.