A baseball or hockey game here, a golf tournament there: Events without fans are rare
4 years, 10 months ago

A baseball or hockey game here, a golf tournament there: Events without fans are rare

LA Times  

Chicago White Sox’s Emilio Bonifacio bats against the Baltimore Orioles on April 29, 2015 at Camden Yards in the only MLB game played with no spectators present. The American Hockey League, the NHL’s top minor league, has also staged games without fans. The only MLB game played without fans happened five years ago last week. The PGA Tour has held two full rounds without fans present: the third round of the 2012 AT&T National in Maryland and the final round of the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego.

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Baseball players get a peek at playing without fans
4 years, 8 months ago

Baseball players get a peek at playing without fans

Associated Press  

Baseball players got a sense of what the game will be like without fans in the stands upon returning for workouts last week. “Occasionally, you’ll see that for a small BP when media isn’t around or cameras aren’t around, but it was really weird to see Christian Yelich in the batter’s box in a major league stadium in competition in …

Sports can’t exist without fans in the seats (opinion)
4 years, 10 months ago

Sports can’t exist without fans in the seats (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Amy Bass is professor of sport studies at Manhattanville College and the author of “One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together” and “Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete,” among other titles. On Monday, governors of New York, California and Texas …

‘How interested are you right now?’ Attendance, changing fandom and the health of Major League Baseball
5 years, 5 months ago

‘How interested are you right now?’ Attendance, changing fandom and the health of Major League Baseball

New York Times  

In the middle of an interview about the health of his sport, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred held up his cell phone for emphasis. “There’s 110 million people seeing baseball live,” said Manfred, including fans who attended minor league games. But, in Luker’s words, attendance “is not the necessary requirement to be a fan.” For example: A huge number …

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