MLS is about to take over the NHL in average attendance

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yaz96 said:
I see you edited your post.
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Only for clarity, which is why I originally used the word "bet" over anything implying fact based.
My question to you -

Why can't they follow the local MLS team AS WELL AS other leagues? You are excluding one for the other. They are not mutually exclusive.
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Who says they can't? The only thing I observe is that they don't. During the World Cup go to a Dodgers game and you will see much more Mexico jerseys than US jerseys. During this time you may actually see more Mexico jersey's than Raiders or Lakers jersey's
 
yaz96 said:
That doesn't matter. The average attendance is higher. There is no ignoring, because you can't ignore what doesn't exist.

You guys are playing the straw game adding the what ifs......and the but, but, buts........


Popularity is a subjective issue, sure, but butts in the seats are a hard fact.
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I'll pose the same question to you that Salsa has so far ignored:

The NASCAR attendance average is higher than the NFL. So, is NASCAR more popular than the NFL??
 
Hall said:
Fact is, soccer (football) is the most popular sport in the world. Oh wait, only the USA matters.... Nevermind
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LOL I'm usually on the other side of this debate!

But we are talking North America here. Worldwide there is no contest.


Sandra
 
DodgerKing said:
Heck, I've even been to a game because the Home Depot Center is right around the corner from my sister and the tickets were free. My sister and her family go often because they often get cheep or free tickets and they don't care for soccer all that much either. They just go to simply get outside, watch an event, eat some food, and enjoy family time
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Good point, what's the ticket price differential between Hockey & Soccer. I bet a hockey ticket is much more expensive.

Number of games in a season does make a big difference. With baseball, people seldom go to every game, just too many of them. Football on the other hand, with only 8 home games, easy to go to all of them.

With hockey having twice as many games as soccer, it would be twice as hard to get people to come to every game. And again, the price of tickets plays a big part too.
 
Derwin0 said:
Good point, what's the ticket price differential between Hockey & Soccer. I bet a hockey ticket is much more expensive.

Number of games in a season does make a big difference. With baseball, people seldom go to every game, just too many of them. Football on the other hand, with only 8 home games, easy to go to all of them.

With hockey having twice as many games as soccer, it would be twice as hard to get people to come to every game. And again, the price of tickets plays a big part too.
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Tickets were free. Galaxy often has giveaways. Heck, there playoff prices are less than the Kings regular season prices
 
cosmo_kramer said:
I'll pose the same question to you that Salsa has so far ignored:

The NASCAR attendance average is higher than the NFL. So, is NASCAR more popular than the NFL??
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I have not ignored.... I am do not follow NASCAR as I stated...and again, has the NFL's attendance gone down to warrant a loss in popularity?
 
Hart5150 said:
NHL Revenues 2.9Billion
NHL revenues climb near $3B - Business First

MLS 420million
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors – For the time between the games » Blog Archive » REPORT: MLS/SUM Ranks 64th in License Magazine Top 125 Global Brands
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First off - I will agree that the NHL brings in more money than MLS, I have no facts, but also no doubt in my mind. But I do have questions -

1. For the NHL, where does that 2.9 billion number come from? Is that ticket sales + merch + licensing + TV rev?

2. Same question from the MLS number. Looks like only licensing according to that link.

You need to find a chart that compares them equally.
 
salsadancer7 said:
But you cannot compare the two because they don't play the same amount of games, they don't have the same seat capacity, they don't charge the same for tickets and they don't have the same player salary structure.
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Revenue is revenue and a much better barometer of popularity than simply quoting attendance figures. Revenue includes attendance and everything else.


Sandra
 
SandraC said:
Revenue is revenue and a much better barometer of popularity than simply quoting attendance figures. Revenue includes attendance and everything else.


Sandra
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But's that's just it...all things are not equal because they do not play the same amount of games, they do not charge the same amount for ticket prices. IF all things were equal, then based on the fact that average attendance is going to be in the near future higher than the NHL, then they would be more popular.

I am only using Dodger's logic.

OK DODGER...you convinced me! LOL!
 
salsadancer7 said:
But's that's just it...all things are not equal because they do not play the same amount of games, they do not charge the same amount for ticket prices. IF all things were equal, then based on the fact that average attendance is going to be in the near future higher than the NHL, then they would be more popular.

I am only using Dodger's logic.

OK DODGER...you convinced me! LOL!
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Ticket sales...TV and radio rights...sponsorship...and a bunch of other things to into overall revenue.

That is an incredible gap between the NHL and MLS...I had no idea it was that large.

It looks like whoever said the MLS is giving away a lot of freebies is right. There must be very little TV revenue in the MLS. Hopefully the MLS is at least poised to stay afloat.


Sandra
 

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