Attendance in the Canadian Hockey League: The impact of winning, fighting, uncertainty of outcome, and weather on junior hockey attendance

Artikel

An attendance model is specified for the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), the top level of junior hockey in Canada with some teams located in the United States. The natural log of attendance is used as the dependent variable, with explanatory variables consisting of the timing of the game, team performance characteristics, uncertainty of outcome measures, and weather-related variables. Weekends and Mondays were the most popular days for games. Winning and fighting were shown to be popular team characteristics that drive attendance. Uncertainty of outcome plays little role, if any, in fan interest at this level, while precipitation significantly reduces attendance.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: International Journal of Financial Studies ; ISSN: 2227-7072 ; Volume: 7 ; Year: 2019 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-11 ; Basel: MDPI

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Sports Economics: General ; Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
• Subject: attendance ; hockey ; fighting ; uncertainty of outcome

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Paul, Rodney J. ; Weinbach, Andrew P. ; Riccardi, Nick
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): MDPI
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2019

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.3390/ijfs7010012
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/257610
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET