People Are Staying Away

The Cubs / Dodgers series was the lowest attended series of the season with average attendance of 37,555 per game. Additionally, each game showed a decline in tickets sold from the day before. Beyond that, thousands of no-shows were documented by camera shots of the stands.

Of 73 home dates, the Dodgers series games ranked 68th, 70th and 71st in terms of tickets sold. Only a Sunday, April 24th game against the Pirates (which I attended as a guest of Mike D.) and a Monday, April 11th game against San Diego sold fewer tickets.

If this trend continues, it only bodes well for the exit of senior Cubs staff.

Oh, and in case you want to blame the lack of sales on "back to school" and not on performance, last August saw a low ticket sales day on August 26th with sales of 38,216. In fact, the team sold over 39,000 tickets on 10 dates last August.

There's nothing left to see and people are staying away. Good for them.