Ding, ding, ding… on the mark here. Brewers are way down in attendance, and per usual, the attendance figures seem bloated by 5,000 people or so. I have been at a few games this year, usually 30,000 or so. Yet, I’d say that the attendance was closer to 25,000, just a bit over half full. It’s not because of all no shows either, like some believe.
Consider this, in 2008, the Brewers had 44 sellouts! 44. This included 22 consecutive sellouts after CC was traded for. And 3 out of 4 years from 2008-2011 of 3 million fans. Brewers also had 3 million in 2018, I believe, if you count the six playoff games.
Our attendance is still good comparatively with other teams with the bloated numbers, but it has been oh so much better. My guess is the impact would be 40-50 million easy compared to a big year. A couple of big moves at the deadline obviously would have helped attendance, but the team is trying to weigh the benefits of the bottom line and future teams in 2023 and 2024, understandably.