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Lot of schools don’t pay for tickets and rooms for coaches. So they don’t go. Very few games most people want to see. NCAA full bore. AAU full bore. Some TV a factor and finally Ohio major sports are very average

Maybe we should just do away with the tournament all together, no one wants to attend anymore, maybe go AAU model, charge entry fees and for hotel rooms, we can get rid of silly regulations and allow for kids to be free. Much more exciting and honest.

Lol. Really ? That’s part of the problem. AAU has become more important to some instead of the State tournament. Really sad !

Anyone there this weekend?

How has the attendance been so far?

The Division III attendance was announced as a little less than 6500. The Division II attendance was announced at a little less than 11000. I was at the Division III and II games. Division II definitely was the better attended. Its also is nice to not leave between the Division games. Just go out and walk around the arena between games. Buy a pop for $6 and enjoy- free refills on the $6 pop- what a bargain. LOL
School wise in Division III Harvest Prep largest crowd (brought all students for semi final)- Oregon Stritch 2nd best closely followed by Purcell. Lutheran East smallest crowd of the day-maybe 200.
In Division II Sheridan by far- had fans up in the 300's. Other 3 were Ok and about the same- probably 600/700 per school.

Division III was pathetic, but the private schools factor into that. D2 was decent, but I'd be expecting close to 15,000 for the D2 session over the old split-format.

High school sports attendance is definitely declining.

What's the final verdict on attendance this year ?

Per. OHSAA Championship games attendance:
Div.1 - 8,675
Div. 2 - 9,881
Div. 3 - 7,714
Div. 4 - 9,105

9.5 INCHES wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 10:23 pm Per. OHSAA Championship games attendance:
Div.1 - 8,675
Div. 2 - 9,881
Div. 3 - 7,714
Div. 4 - 9,105

Heck, my as well just hold the games at the Convo. lol

Drop the private and prep schools and there will be a big difference in attendance

93Bulldog wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:15 am

9.5 INCHES wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 10:23 pm Per. OHSAA Championship games attendance:
Div.1 - 8,675
Div. 2 - 9,881
Div. 3 - 7,714
Div. 4 - 9,105

Heck, my as well just hold the games at the Convo. lol

and might even get better attendance with the pfloyd mafia close by. lol

9.5 INCHES wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:20 pm

93Bulldog wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:15 am

9.5 INCHES wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 10:23 pm Per. OHSAA Championship games attendance:
Div.1 - 8,675
Div. 2 - 9,881
Div. 3 - 7,714
Div. 4 - 9,105

Heck, my as well just hold the games at the Convo. lol

and might even get better attendance with the pfloyd mafia close by. lol

... the State Tourney NEEDS Lou & Basketball :30 ! might even NEED pfloyd & the purple hippo in the Cheap Seats LOL ...

I had a son and grandson attend all the games as usual. They have been going for years and still see good attendance. However, I enjoy sitting at home watching the games on TV. The games were very entertaining again.

I still get goosebumps from coaching on the floor at old St. John’s area in a packed house in 1972 as our Zanesville Rosecrans team played Marion Pleasant in the semis ( we lost). Great memories.

Couple of records involving SEO teams:

Logan-Pick'town girls bb final , single game record attendance (1992, St. John's, 12,385)
Ironton-ASVSM DIII boys fb final, dh record attendance (1982, Ohio Stadium, 31,409)
Burg-Warren JFK DIV boys fb final, dh record attendance (1989 Ohio Stadium, 13,679)

*Ironton also 3,5,6,8 all time in other DIII years single game attendance and #9 all time in DIV (99). Portsmouth West game in 02 is #6 in DIV and Athens #10 in DIII in 14. *