Originally Posted by
AngeloV
That's a real stretch, in fact, an outright lie.
2017:
June 25: 13,583 (Hamilton)
June 30: 11,219 (BC)
August crowds that year were 11,616 (Calgary) and 16,326 (Montreal)
Oct 7: 15,102 (Saskatchewan)
Oct 21: 15,532 (Winnipeg)
So the October crowds were bigger than 3 of the 4 June and August crowds, and the only one bigger was the CNE game which the Argos always offer ticket deals on.
2016 and 2018 the Argos were really bad and late in the year when the team is out of the playoffs is a hard sell, period. If the team is in contention, late season games will sell.
But again, believe what you want.
**Edit...1 July game that year. Even with Doug Flutie bobblehead night, the crowd was 15,801 vs Ottawa so statistically speaking, summer games do not sell better than fall games.
**Additional edit (I guess I have too much time on my hands)
2016:
5 dates in June/July and August (excluding first ever game at BMO as it was a one off) : Average Attendance of 15,230 (12373,16048,15063,15157,17509)
3 dates in September/October: Average Attendance of 15,487 (17214,14224,15023)
2017
5 dates in June/July and August : Average Attendance of 13709 (13583,11219,11616,16326,15801)
4 dates om September/October: Average Attendance of 14,169 (13182,12862,15532,15102)
2018:
5 dates in June/July and August: Average attendance: 13,890 (16450,12196,10844,11857,18104)
4 dates in September/October: Average Attendance of 14,611 (15702,14479,14184,14080)
For the record, The 6 lowest attended games since the move to BMO have all come prior to Labour Day and all in June or July.
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