Super Bowl LVIII has lowest attendance for any non-pandemic edition of the game

[carolinakid]

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 11: View of fans prior to Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)© Getty Images
Tickers to the Super Bowl were expensive due in part to the fact that there weren't many of them.
Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas has resulted in the lowest announced attendance for any non-pandemic Super Bowl.
Officially, 61,629 are here for the game.

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The next smallest crowd was at the L.A. Coliseum for the first Super Bowl, with 61,946. Third on the list is Super Bowl LIV in Miami, at 62,417.
The Super Bowl XXVI crowd at the Metrodome in Minneapolis had 63,130. Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego drew 67,603.
That surely won't keep the Super Bowl from returning to Las Vegas. But why didn't they build a stadium that could hold more people for the biggest game of the year?

 

[BMR Genie]

It's expensive!

How about the number of views, CK? I bet lots of us just watch it on our home tvs or sports bars.

 

[carolinakid]

im just happy it over with and back to normal business now

 

[BMR Genie]

im just happy it over with and back to normal business now

It's gonna be a long dry off-season though.

 

[pipe]

im just happy it over with and back to normal business now

I'm already ready for it to start back up.

 

[BMR Genie]

I'm already ready for it to start back up.

I know!!!!!!!!

By any chance, you're also following CFL, Pipe?

 

[sharpsquare]

It's expensive!

How about the number of views, CK? I bet lots of us just watch it on our home tvs or sports bars.

Yep, it's so expensive now it limits actual in person numbers. But the numbers on the TV side will likely be much higher and let's face it these days that is where the money is.

 

[BigJay]

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 11: View of fans prior to Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)© Getty Images
Tickers to the Super Bowl were expensive due in part to the fact that there weren't many of them.
Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas has resulted in the lowest announced attendance for any non-pandemic Super Bowl.
Officially, 61,629 are here for the game.

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The next smallest crowd was at the L.A. Coliseum for the first Super Bowl, with 61,946. Third on the list is Super Bowl LIV in Miami, at 62,417.
The Super Bowl XXVI crowd at the Metrodome in Minneapolis had 63,130. Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego drew 67,603.
That surely won't keep the Super Bowl from returning to Las Vegas. But why didn't they build a stadium that could hold more people for the biggest game of the year?

Looks like the attendance and pics from Trump’s inauguration

 

[BobbyFK]

By the vast number of people out here I don't know how much of that I believe. It was a madhouse

 

[209life]

Weren't tickets going for 7k+ for nosebleeds?

 

[KVB]

By the vast number of people out here I don't know how much of that I believe. It was a madhouse

Weren't tickets going for 7k+ for nosebleeds?

Yeah this is strange. Maybe a function of the venue size.

Allegiant is said to have a 65,000 capacity.

Tickets would not have been expensive if they weren’t selling, so maybe it was sold out.

And that’s all they could hold.

I’m pretty sure the demand was still there for a few seats they had in the venue.

 

[KVB]

The smaller the venue, the smaller the crowd.

It doesn’t necessarily mean people chose not to attend.

 

[BigJay]

Weren't tickets going for 7k+ for nosebleeds?

I checked ticket prices on StubHub an hour or less before the game (sometimes I get inexpensive concert or Spurs tickets this way as supply outweighs demand the closer you get to game time) and it was still $6,500 for the cheapest seats in places I wouldn’t even sit - 4th level end zone. After you pay the juice easily more than 8k.

 

[seaborneq]

That game was supposed to be corporate attended. The public was welcomed everywhere in Vegas but inside the game. Only big timers inside. I bet the ratings reflect a viewership record too.

 

[BMR Genie]

That game was supposed to be corporate attended. The public was welcomed everywhere in Vegas but inside the game. Only big timers inside. I bet the ratings reflect a viewership record too.

I know the 49ers owner brought all his employees to that game.

 

[Archie]

Lame

super bowl 45 had over 100k

 

[BMR Genie]

Lame

super bowl 45 had over 100k

What made this Super Bowl so special? Packers vs Steelers.

 

[KVB]

Lame

super bowl 45 had over 100k

At&t stadium seats 85,000 and up to 105,000 with standing room.

15k people standing for the superbowl, lol.

Now that's lame.

Rose Bowl Superbowl also over 100k.

Allegiant only holds 65k

If they would have built it, they would have come.

 

[seaborneq]

That game was supposed to be corporate attended. The public was welcomed everywhere in Vegas but inside the game. Only big timers inside. I bet the ratings reflect a viewership record too.

Most watched tv show ever. Bigger than the moon landing. That game was not for the public