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Message: [QUOTE="azfan, post: 3165638, member: 7748"] Impossible to increase salaries in the entertainment business in the face of declining audience. [B]Average per-game attendance decreased in 2018 and has declined since 2010[/B] [IMG]https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2400/1*LJG4QTIb8LItT-bnZjRjZw.png[/IMG] Fan turnout decreased by about 1000 fans per game in 2018, [B]reaching its lowest level in the last 9 years.[/B] At the All-Star Game, Borders defended the WNBA’s financial health, asserting that “all the numbers are pointing in the right direction.” However, attendance seems to be an exception to that rule. Since 2010, when the WNBA shrunk to its current 12 teams, total attendance has hovered between 1.3 and 1.65 million fans per season, peaking in 2011. In [B]2018, average per-game attendance was 6,721 fans, down 13% from 2017. Nine teams saw their average attendance decrease in 2018[/B] Seattle, Phoenix, and Dallas all increased their average attendance from 2017 to 2018. Dallas led the way with nearly 1,000 more fans per game. The other nine teams all saw their attendance decrease. The New York Liberty had the largest decrease by far, losing about 7,000 fans per game in 2018. For comparison, in each of the previous five seasons (2013 through 2017), at least half of WNBA teams increased their average attendance from the year prior. [IMG]https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2400/1*tZDhYXT9eIOxALHP7GJAXQ.png[/IMG] From [MEDIA=medium]4b88e59583f1[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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