Attendance is based on tickets sold. I am sure a lot of Silicon Valley companies scoop up season tickets to entertain potential customers. But since the 49ers suck not much entertainment value.
Very true. If a team is having a rough season, nobody wants to go to the game.
bingo....i go to the Jets games and while they sell 75,000 tickets for each game most of the time the stadium is half full..
don’t forget- each empty means an average of about $50 in concessions (beer/hot dogs/etc)...so 30K empty seats means about $1.5 mill in lost revenue..
Back in the early years of the Denver Broncos franchise numerous companies purchased blocks of tickets, mostly for their customer base. The tickets were popular in the early season, but as the Broncos went into their usual funk mode and the weather grew colder you couldn't give them away. One story I remember, a guy left a couple of unused tickets under the windshield of his car, when he came back after the game there were six more stuck under the windshield wiper.
Actually they staged a pretty good comeback last night.
Don’t forget the food & refreshments. If the crowd size is down...so are sales of the overpriced chug-a-brews and smoky brats....and hats, t-shirts, etc.