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I just promoted this season. In my first home game i had the following attendance in my arena

Bleachers : 10950 (Current Price: $17)
Lower Tier : 2783 (Current Price: $35)
Courtside Seats : 384 (Current Price: $116)
Luxury Boxes : 38 (Current Price: $550)

But in my second home game the attendance was significantly decreased

Bleachers : 8837 !!! (Current Price: $17)
Lower Tier : 2602 ! (Current Price: $35)
Courtside Seats : 388 (Current Price: $116)
Luxury Boxes : 39 (Current Price: $550)

Total loss comparing to the first home game: $41.242

This is not a normal behavior for a promoted team.

It is commonly known that the attendances of those teams remain good and very stable (protected from the bad results) until approximately the first third of the season.

Last edited by GM-sarithin at 12/9/2012 8:32:38 PM

You lost your first two games. That's why your attendance was much lower. There's no protection that can protect you from that.

As I already told you , this "promotion shield" it's a well known issue to the game. and of course it's not a normal behavior to have such a major decrease in attendance after 2 lost games when you are a just promoted team.

And if you were true then how you can explain the attendance behavior of the following team (85485) this team has a record 0-3, and his attendance was:
1st game 371816
2nd game 370544

as you can see this team had zero decrease in attendance [0,34% to be exact]. that is what I call "promotion shield".

I am a big fan of the game, and very active member in the Greek forums. Many other greek managers have noticed the same behavior, which is that the income for the just promoted teams for approximately the 1/3 of the season is extremely stable.

This behavior is so well known that in fact there were proposals for decreasing this effect, in order to prevent tanking. so I believe that it's obvious some kind of miscalculation.

I am a very persistent person and I will collect datas for all the just promoted teams with similar bad records or worse and their attendance behavior , just to prove that I am not just whining. The matter is very well known, so don't give me answers like your previous one.


Last edited by GM-sarithin at 12/10/2012 12:25:01 PM

As I already told you , this "promotion shield" it's a well known issue to the game. and of course it's not a normal behavior to have such a major decrease in attendance after 2 lost games when you are a just promoted team.

And if you were true then how you can explain the attendance behavior of the following team (85485) this team has a record 0-3, and his attendance was:
1st game 371816
2nd game 370544

That team was 0-2 and was hosting the #1 team in a TV game. You were 0-2 and hosting the #7 team (also 0-2) in a game that was neither rivalry nor TV. While the promotion bonus will help mitigate the effects of your record on the attendance in the first parts of the season, it doesn't stop the negative effects of playing games against teams with poor records.

[edit: I don't actually know whether the TV game does draw more fans or not, just an anecdotal observation I've had in the past - so that part may or may not be accurate. The effect of the opponent's record, however, is definitely a factor]


Last edited by GM-hrudey at 12/10/2012 1:52:53 PM

Please take a look in my games back at season 20.

I was again a promoted team. I will describe to you the attendance behavior of my arena

Game 1 Away: I lost

Game 2 Home:I lost
I sold 10330 bleachers (Price 17$ , same price with this season )
Total tickets 12.032


I lost my cup game

Game 3 Away: I lost

Game 4 Home: I lost
Total tickets 12.047

Game 5 Away (TV Game): I lost

Game 6 Home: I lost
Total tickets 11.978

Game 7 Home: I lost
Total tickets: 10919

So i suffered the first drop to my bleachers attendance (with the same price of 17$) after i lost 6 games in a row, my TV game and my cup game

This is the ''promotion shield'' i mentioned before and it is a well know behavior.

I have a record of over 30 examples of the exact same behavior for promoted teams. Thats why i repeated the question.

Please take a look in my games back at season 20.

I was again a promoted team. I will describe to you the attendance behavior of my arena

Game 1 Away: I lost

Game 2 Home:I lost
I sold 10330 bleachers (Price 17$ , same price with this season )
Total tickets 12.032


I lost my cup game

Game 3 Away: I lost

Game 4 Home: I lost
Total tickets 12.047

Game 5 Away (TV Game): I lost

Game 6 Home: I lost
Total tickets 11.978

Game 7 Home: I lost
Total tickets: 10919

So i suffered the first drop to my bleachers attendance (with the same price of 17$) after i lost 6 games in a row, my TV game and my cup game

This is the ''promotion shield'' i mentioned before and it is a well know behavior.

I have a record of over 30 examples of the exact same behavior for promoted teams. Thats why i repeated the question.

Of course, one also could look at that season and see in game two you hosted a second place team, game four a third placed team, and the sixth and seventh games were against the #6 and #7 teams. The promotion shield does not guarantee that you will sell out nor that you will always have the same attendance as you started with, just that the effects of your losses are minimized. I am certain that even if you lose every game in the remainder of conference play that you will draw more fans to your stadium on your game on Dec 22 against the #1 team than you will now, assuming they continue to lead the league.

The promotion shield does not guarantee that you will sell out nor that you will always have the same attendance as you started with, just that the effects of your losses are minimized.

Of course this is a valid statement
But as you can see the attendance against the #6 team was 11.978
So the drop comparing to the first game was (12.032-11.978)/12.032=0,44%
An almost zero drop after o 0-5 record, included a TV game and the cup game
Please note the magnitude of the effect!!!

With the same bleachers price i suffered after a 0-2 record and a win in my cup game a drop of 16,17%

After relegating in Season 20, it's probable that you lost more season ticket holders than you gained when you promoted in Season 21. Did you happen to keep track? Every relegated/promoted team I've talked to has seen that.

Considering that season ticket holders is an indication of your fan base, a net negative change after relegation/promotion would contribute to your weaker attendance this season.

First of all, I don't like your tone. We are trying to help you here and there's no reason for not being civilized.

Second, additional to the arguments others have already provided, you have sold 4 players in the time between the two games. All effects cumulative, I don't see this as a bug.