[washingtonismoney]

And of course so much of modern sports economics is getting butts in seats -- which pay for parking, concessions, and other incidentals.

I wonder whether the attendance has gotten worse over time. Certainly fans have been posting on this board that the statistics are inflated. But they've posted that for previous years as well. Who knows whether things have gotten worse, in the absence of objective, credible numbers?

[washingtonismoney]

And of course so much of modern sports economics is getting butts in seats -- which pay for parking, concessions, and other incidentals.

I wonder whether the attendance has gotten worse over time. Certainly fans have been posting on this board that the statistics are inflated. But they've posted that for previous years as well. Who knows whether things have gotten worse, in the absence of objective, credible numbers?