10-11-2016, 01:42 PM
(10-11-2016, 01:19 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: We weren't filling up the stadium consistently until like 2014.
Below are the average home game attendance numbers by year for the Bengals since 2006 (the earliest I could find such numbers):
2006: 65,983
2007: 65,790
2008: 64,582
2009: 64,004
2010: 60,364
2011: 49,251
2012: 61,188
2013: 63,297
2014: 60,703
2015: 61,389
2016: 62,342
Looks like we were filling it up the most between 2006 and 2009 with an outrageous dip in 2011 (coming off a 4-12 season, Marvin gets an extension, Palmer demands a trade, you guys know the rest). They've climbed back since then but still are not packing the place to capacity. I'm sure the change to the blackout rules have at least some effect on that. Nonetheless, 2011 at least shows that fans can (and will) stop spending money on a team when they become disinterested.
