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FBS Football – What Helps and Hurts Attendance Performance?

FBS Football – What Helps and Hurts Attendance Performance?

Tue, Nov 01, 2011

By Winthrop Intelligence

What factors correlate most strongly and most negatively with FBS attendance? To answer this broad question, in Parts I and II we analyzed 11 years of historical attendance data. Then, in Part III we took a closer look at correlations for attendance performance over the past three seasons (2010-2008). Last, in Part IV we explore strategies for scheduling non-conference opponents as a lever to impact ticket sales.