OHL Attendance 2021-2022

[nelli27]

Updated thread for this season...

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[Otto]

Through games of Sunday December 12th. North Bay with their largest attendance yesterday and making great strides in reaching 2019/20 numbers!

Team	19/20 total	21/22 total	Diff	19/20 Avg	21/22 Avg	Diff	19/20 Total Season Avg	Diff From 21/22 To Date	Capacity	%
Erie	23225	26236	3011	2581	2915	335	3142	-227	5500	53.0%
North Bay	23099	22863	-236	2100	2078	-21	2040	38	4246	49.0%
Sarnia	32524	31091	-1433	2710	2591	-119	3016	-425	5200	49.8%
Saginaw	33006	31205	-1801	3301	3121	-180	3461	-341	5497	56.8%
Kingston	47043	41224	-5819	3136	2748	-388	2968	-220	5380	51.1%
Flint	38838	31690	-7148	2774	2264	-511	2883	-619	4400	51.4%
Barrie	37768	31112	-6656	3147	2593	-555	3296	-704	4195	61.8%
Guelph	46223	39052	-7171	3852	3254	-598	4130	-876	4666	69.7%
Windsor	52063	43462	-8601	3719	3104	-614	3919	-814	6500	47.8%
Owen Sound	34450	26849	-7601	2871	2237	-633	2854	-616	3500	63.9%
Mississauga	23010	14875	-8135	1918	1240	-678	2279	-1039	6000	20.7%
Sudbury	31931	23526	-8405	3193	2353	-841	3153	-800	5100	46.1%
Peterborough	30777	22303	-8474	3078	2230	-847	3194	-964	4069	54.8%
Hamilton	49242	37800	-11442	3788	2908	-880	3932	-1024	17500	16.6%
Niagara	60736	48821	-11915	4672	3755	-917	4910	-1154	5300	70.9%
London	116050	102122	-13928	8927	7856	-1071	8975	-1119	9100	86.3%
Sault Ste. Marie	46513	32182	-14331	3876	2682	-1194	3920	-1238	5000	53.6%
Ottawa	53135	35390	-17745	3795	2528	-1268	4366	-1838	9862	25.6%
Oshawa	58036	38679	-19357	4836	3223	-1613	5165	-1941	5500	58.6%
Kitchener	93085	65056	-28029	6649	4647	-2002	6788	-2141	7700	60.3%
Total	930754	745538	-185216	74922	60327	-14596	78389	-18063
Average	46538	37277	-9261	3746	3016	-730	3919	-903

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[windsor7]

Through games of Sunday December 12th. North Bay with their largest attendance yesterday and making great strides in reaching 2019/20 numbers!

Team	19/20 total	21/22 total	Diff	19/20 Avg	21/22 Avg	Diff	19/20 Total Season Avg	Diff From 21/22 To Date	Capacity	%
Erie	23225	26236	3011	2581	2915	335	3142	-227	5500	53.0%
North Bay	23099	22863	-236	2100	2078	-21	2040	38	4246	49.0%
Sarnia	32524	31091	-1433	2710	2591	-119	3016	-425	5200	49.8%
Saginaw	33006	31205	-1801	3301	3121	-180	3461	-341	5497	56.8%
Kingston	47043	41224	-5819	3136	2748	-388	2968	-220	5380	51.1%
Flint	38838	31690	-7148	2774	2264	-511	2883	-619	4400	51.4%
Barrie	37768	31112	-6656	3147	2593	-555	3296	-704	4195	61.8%
Guelph	46223	39052	-7171	3852	3254	-598	4130	-876	4666	69.7%
Windsor	52063	43462	-8601	3719	3104	-614	3919	-814	6500	47.8%
Owen Sound	34450	26849	-7601	2871	2237	-633	2854	-616	3500	63.9%
Mississauga	23010	14875	-8135	1918	1240	-678	2279	-1039	6000	20.7%
Sudbury	31931	23526	-8405	3193	2353	-841	3153	-800	5100	46.1%
Peterborough	30777	22303	-8474	3078	2230	-847	3194	-964	4069	54.8%
Hamilton	49242	37800	-11442	3788	2908	-880	3932	-1024	17500	16.6%
Niagara	60736	48821	-11915	4672	3755	-917	4910	-1154	5300	70.9%
London	116050	102122	-13928	8927	7856	-1071	8975	-1119	9100	86.3%
Sault Ste. Marie	46513	32182	-14331	3876	2682	-1194	3920	-1238	5000	53.6%
Ottawa	53135	35390	-17745	3795	2528	-1268	4366	-1838	9862	25.6%
Oshawa	58036	38679	-19357	4836	3223	-1613	5165	-1941	5500	58.6%
Kitchener	93085	65056	-28029	6649	4647	-2002	6788	-2141	7700	60.3%
Total	930754	745538	-185216	74922	60327	-14596	78389	-18063
Average	46538	37277	-9261	3746	3016	-730	3919	-903

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Numbers will increase slightly due to teddy bear toss n tix fir Christmas.
But good for all clubs

 

[Otto]

Numbers will increase slightly due to teddy bear toss n tix fir Christmas.
But good for all clubs

I'm not sure how often I have to say this... but it's comparative to the same amount of home games each team played in the previous season... they had Teddy bear tosses way back in 2019 also

 

[Ward Cornell]

original post deleted...wanted to strictly keep this conversation on attendance tracking!

 

[Otto]

I've just seen that Rick Westhead on twitter has noted that there could be an attendance reduction starting in January for the NHL and NBA in Canada. Im sure if those leagues are affected the CHL will be also.

Logistical nightmare for some teams

 

[OMG67]

Logistical nightmare for some teams

Only 6 teams with average attendance over 60% of capacity based on your chart. Assuming the attendance goes down to 50% allowable, only 6 teams face difficult decisions. Of course, there will be some games already sold to over 50% but I can’t see too many for the teams under 60% average cap now.

I’m not sure they will go down to 50% capacity either. Possible. I’m thinking more like 75% if it even happens.

The reality is the Covid hospitalizations are low in Ontario. I assume the same for other Provinces but I don’t know that to be fact. My wife was saying she was involved in a Senior Leadership meeting a couple weeks ago and they stated that their Covid related Fall months total admissions comprised 90% unvaccinated over-70. So 10% everyone outside that very small court which even I was surprised.

I’m not too sure but I think they will utilize data like that before making rash decisions regarding restrictions.

The other thing to consider is the nature of how these decisions are made. They have been made at the Provincial level in the past. With the Province unwilling to mandate vaccination for health care workers, I am not too sure they are willing to move backwards unless there is a clear indication that the hospitals are in trouble because of Covid. Right now, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Let’s hope it stays that way and Covid doesn’t affect our schedule too adversely.

 

[Otto]

Only 6 teams with average attendance over 60% of capacity based on your chart. Assuming the attendance goes down to 50% allowable, only 6 teams face difficult decisions.

That's why I said "some"

Ignoring the rest. There's another forum for that.

 

[OMG67]

That's why I said "some"

Ignoring the rest. There's another forum for that.

Sorry about that. “Some” meaning not “No” teams. Got it.

I’m not trying to talk about Covid. We can’t just say capacity may be adjusted and whether the chances of it happening are realistic without adding some context. The additional context I added would suggest the report by Rick Westhead is simply speculation more so than actual verifiable discussions.

 

[Otto]

My fear is that this is going to turn into another covid thread shit storm. I'm not going to bother updating the thread anymore

 

[Ward Cornell]

My fear is that this is going to turn into another covid thread shit storm. I'm not going to bother updating the thread anymore

I'll remove my post which may have started the covid replies..

 

[Savard18]

My fear is that this is going to turn into another covid thread shit storm. I'm not going to bother updating the thread anymore

You could maybe just ask your London neighbor Nelli or even EON to delete a few posts to keep it on track. We may not always post on the thread or say it but I’m sure a LOT of us look at snd use your stats and appreciate the work you put in.

 

[Otto]

You could maybe just ask your London neighbor Nelli or even EON to delete a few posts to keep it on track. We may not always post on the thread or say it but I’m sure a LOT of us look at snd use your stats and appreciate the work you put in.

Tried that

 

[Savard18]

Tried that

Yeah....I can imagine it gets easily sidetracked. Well, maybe in a year or two it’s more straightforward. Until then, just keep doing the #’s and message them to me. I promise I won’t bring up ANY viruses or even bacteria.

 

[UpwardBoss]

Those Mississauga numbers are just terrible. At what point does this franchise relocate?

 

[OttersFan]

Those Mississauga numbers are just terrible. At what point does this franchise relocate?

When we went there for a game during the playoffs when Erie won it all, we ate at a restaurant near the arena. Talking to the waitress we said, we are from Erie PA going to see Mississauga play Erie in the playoffs. The waitress had no idea what team in their town I was talking about if that gives any explanation for their poor attendance. Of course that’s one incident, but we were shocked how empty the stands were.

 

[UpwardBoss]

When we went there for a game during the playoffs when Erie won it all, we ate at a restaurant near the arena. Talking to the waitress we said, we are from Erie PA going to see Mississauga play Erie in the playoffs. The waitress had no idea what team in their town I was talking about if that gives any explanation for their poor attendance. Of course that’s one incident, but we were shocked how empty the stands were.

Yeah not shocked. Only went to one Steelheads game before (October 2019). Announced attendance was 1554 but there was half of that actually there at most.

 

[trojanyeoman]

 

[Frank the Skank]

Arena Capacity to 500 starting Jan 31st. Readdressed Feb 21st. Plan is to remove all capacity caps by March 14th vaccine proof would still be in effect

 

[HockeyPops]

Feb 21 sounds like it would go to 50%

 

[AttackSound]

Feb 21 sounds like it would go to 50%

If everything goes to plan.

 

[windsor7]

Arena Capacity to 500 starting Jan 31st. Readdressed Feb 21st. Plan is to remove all capacity caps by March 14th vaccine proof would still be in effect

The 500 for arena should includes scouts maintenance etc.
Doubt many fans will be allowed for a bit.

 

[Rounder8]

The 500 for arena should includes scouts maintenance etc.
Doubt many fans will be allowed for a bit.

Probably 350-400 fans.

 

[Frank the Skank]

The 500 for arena should includes scouts maintenance etc.
Doubt many fans will be allowed for a bit.

Maintenance do not count, they are employees

 

[windsor7]

Maintenance do not count, they are employees

I just dont see 500 fans r going to get in