By Robbie Butler
This weekend plays host to the Cork Senior Hurling Club Championship finals. The "Premier" Final is a repeat of last year's semi final between Sarfields (Glanmire) and divisional team Imokilly. During sports economcis class this week, I spoke to the group, many of whom are visiting students to UCC, about the sport and attendance demand. The game is a great opportunity to explore this in real life.
Exploring the demand for attendance, is at the very heart of the field. Afterall, Rottenberg (1956) said "Attendance at baseball games, as a whole is a function of the general level of income, the price of admission to baseball games relative to the prices of recreational substitutes, and the goodness of substitutes…it] is a positive function of the size of the population of the territory in which the team has the monopoly right to play; the size and convenience of location of the ball park; and the average rank standing”.
It is likely attendance will fall well below the stadium capaity of 45,000. "The size of the population" of both teams competing can explain much of that. While other factors do have a role to play, the level of demand for club hurling appears to be very much a 'local' effect, and people generally attend if their club is in the final.
The final is also a repeat of the 1997 final where Imokilly claimed their first senior hurling club title. Many of the players on the day would go on to represent Cork during a very sucessful era, which resulted in a surge in attendance demand for the county team. Also pictured in the 1997 Final below is a regular contributor to this website and blog.
A man of many talents.
This weekend plays host to the Cork Senior Hurling Club Championship finals. The "Premier" Final is a repeat of last year's semi final between Sarfields (Glanmire) and divisional team Imokilly. During sports economcis class this week, I spoke to the group, many of whom are visiting students to UCC, about the sport and attendance demand. The game is a great opportunity to explore this in real life.
Exploring the demand for attendance, is at the very heart of the field. Afterall, Rottenberg (1956) said "Attendance at baseball games, as a whole is a function of the general level of income, the price of admission to baseball games relative to the prices of recreational substitutes, and the goodness of substitutes…it] is a positive function of the size of the population of the territory in which the team has the monopoly right to play; the size and convenience of location of the ball park; and the average rank standing”.
It is likely attendance will fall well below the stadium capaity of 45,000. "The size of the population" of both teams competing can explain much of that. While other factors do have a role to play, the level of demand for club hurling appears to be very much a 'local' effect, and people generally attend if their club is in the final.
The final is also a repeat of the 1997 final where Imokilly claimed their first senior hurling club title. Many of the players on the day would go on to represent Cork during a very sucessful era, which resulted in a surge in attendance demand for the county team. Also pictured in the 1997 Final below is a regular contributor to this website and blog.
A man of many talents.
The local newspaper The Echo has a very nice article of that day which can be read here.
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