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Old 03-06-2016, 04:50 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by Masson26 View Post
they had it, no one cared when the stadium was brand new, no one cared under any management/ownership, nobody showed up in 94 when they dominated.
The year-by-year per game average attendance of the Expos compared to the MLB per game average. Ratio is the Expos figure divided by the MLB figure.
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Year     MON      MLB   Ratio
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1969   14,970   13,993   1.07
1970   17,809   14,788   1.20
1971   16,137   15,064   1.07
1972   14,643   14,507   1.01
1973   15,393   15,496   0.99
1974   12,739   15,437   0.83
1975   11,213   15,403   0.73
1976    8,084   16,152   0.50
1977   17,701   18,407   0.96
1978   17,838   19,332   0.92
1979   25,953   20,748   1.25
1980   27,602   20,434   1.35
1981   27,403   19,042   1.44
1982   28,621   21,162   1.35
1983   28,650   21,593   1.33
1984   19,834   21,256   0.93
1985   18,549   22,266   0.83
1986   14,112   22,590   0.62
1987   22,844   24,709   0.92
1988   18,255   25,238   0.72
1989   22,019   26,198   0.84
1990   16,952   26,045   0.65
1991   13,746   27,003   0.51
1992   20,607   26,529   0.78
1993   20,265   30,964   0.65
1994   24,543   31,256   0.79
1995   18,189   25,022   0.73
1996   19,959   26,510   0.75
1997   18,489   27,877   0.66
1998   11,295   29,054   0.39
1999    9,547   28,888   0.33
2000   11,435   29,378   0.39
2001    7,935   29,881   0.27
2002   10,025   28,007   0.36
2003   12,662   27,831   0.45
2004    9,369   30,075   0.31
The 1979-83 period looks pretty good; 1987 is also good (the club was competitive that season, finishing 91-71). Olympic Stadium was undeniably a problem for the club; recall that in 1992 a structural problem forced the club to play 13 home games on the road. The 1994-95 strike also hit the club hard.

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Originally Posted by Masson26 View Post
As far as the stadium, show me one time...one...that a new stadium had any change in attendance for more than one season.
New ballparks tend to result in boosted attendance for a team for about three seasons on average. This 'new stadium' effect has been looked at in several studies.

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