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Post by sdm3 on Nov 24, 2017 12:58:04 GMT
...As has been ignored by you, more people CAN go to watch MLS because the stadiums have much higher capacities than NHL and NBA arenas. "Average attendance" is a useless statistic here. Quick search shows average MLS stadium capacity is only 5,000 more than an NBA arena. Not a huge difference is it. The largest NHL arena holds around 21,000. MLS has at least 12 stadiums with higher capacities than that. The largest MLS stadiums hold as many 50, 60, even 70,000. With percentage attendance at NBA and NHL games tending to be nearer capacity than attendance at soccer, can you imagine if NHL arenas could hold that many people? Christ, for the 2014 Winter Classic (an annual NHL regular season game that's held at an outdoor stadium) attendance at Michigan Stadium was 105,491. If NHL and NBA arenas had higher capacities, people would continue to flock to watch games every night as they always do, and the average attendance would go up. I know that because the NHL has a lot more fans in the US than MLS. And the NBA is even MORE popular. This is seriously not even an argument. |
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