Here are a few interesting attendance percent capacity numbers after week 5. State fell off a little bit down to 99.23%, 2nd in the ACC and 22nd in the Power 5. There are 66 Power 5 (plus Notre Dame & BYU) schools, 7 of the bottom 11 are ACC schools (UVA, Pitt, Miami, Duke, BC, […]
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Aluminum Watch – Early Season ACC Attendance
With the recent attention to the amount of visible aluminum at a couple of local stadiums as well as discussion about the decline in college football attendance, I thought I’d take a look at some early season ACC attendance numbers. Some observations: Compared to percent capacity from the 2014 season, attendance is down 23% at […]
Wolfpack fans continue to be the greatest
Death. Taxes. And, the unwavering support of NC State fans. NC State ranked 12th nationally in average attendance for the 2012-2013 basketball season averaging 16,299 fans per game. This was the second largest gain in average attendance throughout the country, trailing only UCLA who ‘packed’ them in with an average of just 9,459 fans per […]
College football attendance drops, TV viewership mixed
Regular-season attendance at college football’s highest level dipped to 45,274 fans per game in 2012, the lowest average since 2003.  Closer to home, the average crowd in the ACC was 49,544 – down 11% since 2004 (when Miami & VPI joined the conference).  NC State’s average attendance at Carter-Finley Stadium was 54,106, down 4% from 2011. […]
ACC Attendance Declining
I have written several articles lately about ACC officiating bias. Here is an article that talks about how ACC basketball game attendance is dropping. IMO the two subjects are related. The article explains: As a whole, the ACC is averaging 9,406 fans through Wednesday. It would be the lowest average for the league since the […]
ACC Football Attendance Announced
ESPN has a blog entry (linked here) reviewing the ANNOUNCED attendance at each respective ACC school. NC State’s level of fan support continues to support a thesis that our football program should at the very least be the top of the second tier of the ACC if not the bottom of the ‘first tier’. Hopefully […]
Technician has it backwards, mistake-ridden, and wrong
Ahh…to be young, idealistic, and inexperienced. I don’t hold it against them. I’ve recognized the issue with student editorials and journalism even when I was a student. Nonetheless, we have to highlight this viewpoint from Technician that “Poor attendance equals poor performance”. Fact: After their game Sunday, Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski was asked about scheduling […]
Only one ACC team boasts Top 25 credentials. In attendance.
NBC Sports notes that VaTech is the ACC’s lone Top 25 team — on the field and in the stands. Some excerpts from the article: Overall, the 12 ACC teams have filled just 87.23 percent of seats, leaving the league on pace for its fifth decline in the last six years. The Seminoles have not […]
Basketball attendance falls in 2009-2010, but Pack remain in top 25
Although NC State’s attendance numbers fell in 2009-2010, the Wolfpack was still able to remain in the top-25 nationally and pull in more than 13,000 fans per contest. Make no mistake, less fans in the seats (even if it’s less than 300 per contest) is a bad thing. But considering the struggles of the basketball […]
Exploring the meaning of Spring Football attendance numbers
Now that all the major schools have finished spring practice schedules and held some version of a spring game (each school does things slightly differently), let’s take a quick look at how fan bases across the state and country represented for their favorite squad. The Sporting News does a good job compiling attendance numbers every […]
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