TY - JOUR
T1 - College Football Attendance: A Panel Study of the Football Championship Subdivision
AU - Falls, Gregory A
AU - Natke, Paul Anthony
PY - 2016/12
Y1 - 2016/12
N2 - Panel data across eight years for the Football Championship Subdivision are used to estimate regular season game-day percent of capacity regression equations. Higher ticket prices reduce attendance (elasticity of -1.9). Better team performance, in the short- and intermediate-term, and traditional rivalries increase percent of capacity used. Poor weather and higher travel costs decrease it. Fan interest wanes as a season progresses but this is offset as a team wins more games. Games played on Saturdays, against conference opponents or teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision increase stadium utilization. Results provide some evidence for the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis.
Key words: college football, game-day attendance, stadium utilization, price elasticity, Football Championship Subdivision
AB - Panel data across eight years for the Football Championship Subdivision are used to estimate regular season game-day percent of capacity regression equations. Higher ticket prices reduce attendance (elasticity of -1.9). Better team performance, in the short- and intermediate-term, and traditional rivalries increase percent of capacity used. Poor weather and higher travel costs decrease it. Fan interest wanes as a season progresses but this is offset as a team wins more games. Games played on Saturdays, against conference opponents or teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision increase stadium utilization. Results provide some evidence for the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis.
Key words: college football, game-day attendance, stadium utilization, price elasticity, Football Championship Subdivision
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mde.2740/epdf
M3 - Article
SN - 0143-6570
VL - 37
SP - 530
EP - 540
JO - Managerial and Decision Economics
JF - Managerial and Decision Economics
IS - 8
ER -