The average ticket price has risen from $22.77 (2007) to $32.99 (2019). It doesn't take a smart person to figure out the problem with MLB baseball. But yes, let's jack up the whole system to spark an interest. Attendance for most major sports is dropping: - From 2014 to ’18, attendance across the FBS (college fb) fell by 7.6%. - Here’s how the NHL’s minus-1.32% decline from 2013-14 to 2018-19 compares to the other major sports leagues. Major League Baseball (MLB): minus-5.88% National Basketball Association (NBA): plus-2.59% National Football League (NFL): minus-1.98% Major League Soccer (MLS): plus-17.56% Out of the five major sports leagues in the United States, three of the five, including the NHL, have posted declines in average attendance between 2013-14 to 2018-19. Two of the leagues posted growth, the NBA and MLS. If you’re wondering why the MLS percent change jumps off the charts it’s due to their success in expansion, Atlanta United has been able to consistently average 50,000 in attendance since its debut in 2017. I think there are too many options to watch games at home.