Attendance Mythinformation

Great piece this week from the San Diego Times-Union about attendance at sporting events. I've been anticipating this article for a couple of weeks, and Mark Zeigler delivered. There's also a supplemental article that defines some major league policies and points to a few glaring examples of reported number abuse. The main article provides some excellent reference material, including a set of definitions to help sort out the varying terminology. Hans Hornstein (I've been meaning to plug his website) got some good quotes in as well. I usually reference Hans' attendance data instead of PointStreak for NAHL numbers, because PS inappropriately includes Showcase games in their numbers. Hans also tracks standings daily and provides other value-added features to both his attendance and standings pages, so his stuff is worth checking out.