TY - JOUR

T1 - New issues in attendance demand

T2 - the case of the English football league

AU - Simmons, R

AU - Forrest, D

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - This articles uses an attendance demand model with panel data on more than 4,000 games to examine economic problems of fixture congestion in English Football League schedules. We find that televised, midweek Champions League matches involving English Premier League clubs have substantial adverse impacts on lower division Football League gate attendance. This suggests that affected clubs may have a case for compensation from the Premier League for loss of gate revenue from this source. Scheduling of home games close to one another also has an adverse impact on attendance. Reorganisation of fixture schedules and/or redistribution of income would help offset adverse impacts on team revenues from midweek scheduling.

AB - This articles uses an attendance demand model with panel data on more than 4,000 games to examine economic problems of fixture congestion in English Football League schedules. We find that televised, midweek Champions League matches involving English Premier League clubs have substantial adverse impacts on lower division Football League gate attendance. This suggests that affected clubs may have a case for compensation from the Premier League for loss of gate revenue from this source. Scheduling of home games close to one another also has an adverse impact on attendance. Reorganisation of fixture schedules and/or redistribution of income would help offset adverse impacts on team revenues from midweek scheduling.

U2 - 10.1177/1527002504273392

DO - 10.1177/1527002504273392

M3 - Journal article

VL - 7

SP - 247

EP - 266

JO - Journal of Sports Economics

JF - Journal of Sports Economics

SN - 1527-0025

IS - 3

ER -