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Nippon Professional Baseball Attendance?

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Nippon Professional Baseball Attendance?
I have an ongoing thesis about the economic impact of Asian major leguers on their franchise teams. Thus, I need to know the attendance numbers of Japanese league attendances for the last 10 years or more. The data will be used as part of literature review in the study. I tried to find the attendance number many times, but I could not get it.

Thank you for your help.
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Re: Nippon Professional Baseball Attendance?
[ Author: Guest: Michael Eng | Posted: May 11, 2005 8:54 AM ]

This page (in Japanese) has total yearly attendance for each team from 1952 to 2002.

2003/2004 Attendance (without Central League in 2004)
Team         2003       2004
BayStars 1,434,000
Buffaloes 1,443,000 1,338,000
BlueWave 1,275,000 1,415,000
Carp 946,000
Dragons 2,336,500
Fighters 1,319,000 1,616,000
Giants 3,763,000
Hawks 3,228,000 3,070,000
Lions 1,664,000 1,649,000
Marines 1,225,000 1,596,000
Swallows 1,741,000
Tigers 3,300,000
However, take the figures with a grain of salt. Up until this year teams would estimate their attendance figures.

Also, try these threads:
Posting System and Attendance Records (from 2002; teams estimating attendance)
Pro Yakyu in Decline: Myth (from 2002; "Ichiro effect")

Once you are done, I hope you post it somewhere. It sounds interesting.
Re: Nippon Professional Baseball Attendance?
[ Author: Guest: JIHO | Posted: Jun 2, 2005 1:59 AM ]

I really appreciate your help, and I will post my work when it's completed.
Nippon Professional Baseball Attendance?
[ Author: Guest | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 2:32 PM ]

I realize that this is an old thread, but I just need to add this.

Have you found more statistics on this matter? I am looking for recent attendance records for these teams - from 2005-present. I can't find them anywhere.
Re: Nippon Professional Baseball Attendance?
[ Author: No.1BayFan | Posted: Mar 2, 2009 8:47 AM | YOK Fan ]

Japanball.com posts daily attendance figures with the game scores during the regular season. So, if you want to start keeping track, check out that site. It'll give you a good idea as to how much a team draws.
Re: Nippon Professional Baseball Attendance?
[ Author: PLNara | Posted: Mar 7, 2009 7:59 AM | HT Fan ]

I posted info on 2007/8 here.
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