Why has Argonauts Home Game Attendance declined so much in 1 year? (2013-2014)

[Neely2005]

I know that it's only been 2 home games so far but the drop in attendance from 2013 is pretty alarming. Using the attendance figures from www.argonauts.ca you can see a drop of in the thousands. And this years schedule is much better than last years schedule. All of our games are on Friday, Saturday or Sunday except for one Tuesday game and one Thursday game which was the preseason game.

Also does anyone know if the Argonauts us 'Paid Attendance' or 'Actual Attendance' for their attendance figures? There were significantly less people there yesterday compared to the home opener against Saskatchewan but the attendance figures don't reflect that so I'm thinking that the Argonauts must use 'Paid Attendance' for their figures.


2013

Preseason: 6,204 (Varsity Stadium)

Game 1: 29,852
Game 2: 18,211
Game 3: 20,064
Game 4: 19,656
Game 5: 21,157
Game 6: 18,863
Game 7: 28,467
Game 8: 18,478
Game 9: 22,589

Playoff Game: 35,418

Average Rogers Centre Attendance: 23,276

Average Regular Season Rogers Centre Attendance: 21,926

http://argonauts.ca/schedule/year/2013/7


2014

Preseason: 5,216 (Varsity Stadium)

Game 1: 17,758
Game 2: 16,102
Game 3: 18,106
Game 4: 18,283
Game 5: 16,276
Game 6: 17,811
Game 7: 16,834
Game 8: 19,258
Game 9: 19,687

Playoff Game: N/A

Average Rogers Centre Attendance: 17,791

Average Regular Season Rogers Centre Attendance: 17,791

http://argonauts.ca/schedule/year/2014/7

2015

Preseason: 5,000 (Varsity Stadium)

Game 1: 20,642
Game 2: 14,748
Game 3: 17,694

http://www.argonauts.ca/schedule/year/2015/7


* The Average Regular Season Rogers Centre Attendance has decreased by 4,135 from 2013 to 2014.