Where does ESPN get their attendance information?

[hepcat]

 

70,301???? 

meanwhile…

[Davidson Deac II]

4 minutes ago, hepcat said:

 

70,301???? 

meanwhile…

There were not .45 cents tickets.  As with most things on social media, that was made up.  

They were extraordinarily cheap, but not 45 cents.

[Harbingers]

7 minutes ago, hepcat said:

 

70,301???? 

meanwhile…

They get it from sales, not actual attendance. 

[45catfan]

1 minute ago, Harbingers said:

They get it from sales, not actual attendance. 

No way.  Even including PSL owners there's no way 95% of tickets were sold yesterday.  That's what the Panthers reported to the League and where ESPN gets their information.

[jayboogieman]

Most likely they get whatever information the team puts out as far as tickets distributed, which is not the same as tickets sold or actual attendance.

[L-TownCat]

30 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

No way.  Even including PSL owners there's no way 95% of tickets were sold yesterday.  That's what the Panthers reported to the League and where ESPN gets their information.

PSLs, then they put up the single game tickets and they pre-sell those. That’s how it was designed to operate.  It’s why the games are never “blacked-out” locally.

[Tbe]

47 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

No way.  Even including PSL owners there's no way 95% of tickets were sold yesterday.  That's what the Panthers reported to the League and where ESPN gets their information.

Per NFL policy, a game cannot be televised locally if 85% of tickets are not sold.

They sold 95%. It’s just no one showed up.

[45catfan]

8 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

PSLs, then they put up the single game tickets and they pre-sell those. That’s how it was designed to operate.  It’s why the games are never “blacked-out” locally.

Still something very fishy there and I'm not on a boat in the ocean.  I think someone hit the nail on the head with "distributed" tickets, i.e. charity.  They can donate 5,000 tickets to a corporate sponsor or charity and not sit on those tickets.  I think they are on the hook for any tickets on hand. 

I bet PSL holder rate is nowhere near 100% and the single game seats sold probably were a blip.  Again, fuzzy math.

[hepcat]

I think the point I’m trying to make is “tickets sold” and “attendance” are two completely different things.

[4Corners]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

There were not .45 cents tickets.  As with most things on social media, that was made up.  

They were extraordinarily cheap, but not 45 cents.

That .50 per ticket went viral. It even hooked a couple small time writers and I had a couple friends text it to me. Shows how fast fake info can spread if people want to believe something. 

[4Corners]

I know the product on the field is ass but I guarantee if it were sunny and 50 out yesterday that place is at least 3/4 full. That weather yesterday was awful. 

[Cullenator]

29 minutes ago, Tbe said:

Per NFL policy, a game cannot be televised locally if 85% of tickets are not sold.

They sold 95%. It’s just no one showed up.

They ended that policy in 2014

[45catfan]

6 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

I know the product on the field is ass but I guarantee if it were sunny and 50 out yesterday that place is at least 3/4 full of Falcons' fans. That weather yesterday was awful. 

FIFY

[top dawg]

I think that the point is that they should change their graphic to say "tickets sold" as opposed to actual attendance. It's misleading. But at the end of the day, who really cares? It was as empty a stadium as you'll ever see for an NFL game.