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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Actually, so does the percentage of seats filled. You assume Chicago would or could fill a larger stadium at the same percentage.
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True. Each measure is insufficient standing alone, especially if there's big variation among stadiums in similarly sized cities. I am indeed assuming that there would be plenty more Cubbies to fill a larger Wrigley, simply from emptying the surrounding roofs, bars, drunk tanks, and mental health facilities.
What pushed my button first time 'round was the idea that attendance alone proves shit. A more realistic evaluation would probably include some combination of attendance, percentage of seats filled (somehow accounting for both the population and the rinky-dink factor), and, to hear Slave tell it, a pop quiz of the lineup administered at the turnstiles.
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