2007 Attendance?
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2007 Attendance?
Can anybody tell me what overall attendance was last season? And how it compared to the previous season? Also, what was the highest overall attendance and when did it occur? Thanks.
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Re: 2007 Attendance?
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Dec 1, 2007 8:48 AM
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I published the 2007 attendance figures here a little over a month ago. It compares to the 2006 season.
Type "attendance" (without quotes) into the search box at the top of this page to find more.
Attendance was grossly over estimated up until a few years ago when actual gate count was instituted, so attendance figures before 2005 shouldn't be used for anything.
Type "attendance" (without quotes) into the search box at the top of this page to find more.
Attendance was grossly over estimated up until a few years ago when actual gate count was instituted, so attendance figures before 2005 shouldn't be used for anything.
Re: 2007 Attendance?
[ Author: Dan Miceli | Posted: Dec 1, 2007 8:12 PM
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Yes, it sure was interesting when the Giants automatically claimed 55,000 fans each home game for all those years, and now, strangely, they can only fit up to 45,000 SRO in the same stadium. The Giants weren't the only ones grossly inflating their attendance figures, as you all are aware.
Do you think it was done to give Japanese fans the impression that the game was more popular than it really was and/or to show attendance figures to MLB mirroring those of the most popular teams there?
Do you think it was done to give Japanese fans the impression that the game was more popular than it really was and/or to show attendance figures to MLB mirroring those of the most popular teams there?
Re: 2007 Attendance?
[ Author: Christopher | Posted: Dec 2, 2007 9:09 AM
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I would say that it was more along the lines of the Giants are number one in Japan at everything. Thus they had more attendees than their great rivals the Tigers.
Re: 2007 Attendance?
[ Author: Guest: JR | Posted: Dec 2, 2007 5:42 PM
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Who knows what the Giants were thinking with those inflated numbers all those years. Since 55,000 is more than most MLB stadiums can hold anyway, I don't think they were trying to compete with MLB. In addition, they started using that figure long before the exodus to MLB among Japanese players, so I don't think they did it to show that baseball was still king here.
Maybe it was something as silly as trying to show that more people watch the Giants than the Tigers, as one other person suggested here.
Maybe it was something as silly as trying to show that more people watch the Giants than the Tigers, as one other person suggested here.
Re: 2007 Attendance?
[ Author: Christopher | Posted: Dec 3, 2007 8:05 AM
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It gives a whole new meaning to the term "ballpark figure."
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