Sunday was the best weather so far this season.
But of the 26,712 announced as tickets sold Sunday, it was estimated that 14,000 showed up. This was the smallest paid
crowd on a Sunday at Wrigley Field since May 10, 1998 (26,710).
The no show rate was 45.5% of tickets sold. Wow.
If
we take the estimated "season ticket holders" of only 16,000, that
means only 10,712 non-season ticket holders bought tickets to see the
game. Which means approximately 6,000 season ticket holders (37.5%)
failed to show up for the game. But the no show rate was higher! That
means at least 8 percent of non-season ticket holders who specifically bought tickets for Sunday's game decided at the last minute to NOT go to Wrigley Field.
Sunday's attendance was also down 12,000 from Opening Day, which itself was a 31.7% drop at the turn styles. There appears to be no groundswell of public wanting to "celebrate" Wrigley Field.
