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Proximity’s Impact on Minor League Baseball Attendance

In: The Call Up to the Majors

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  • Thomas A. Rhoads

    (Towson University)

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With a focus on minor league attendance, proximity becomes an important factor impacting the business of minor league baseball. There is an optimal distance away from other baseball stadiums that can lead to maximum stadium revenues for a minor league baseball team. Here I examine the effect of proximity on average attendance at minor league baseball games with the understanding that greater average attendance is likely to be strongly correlated with a larger revenue stream. At the minor league level, greater attendance is preferred because of the very limited revenue stream from broadcasting these games on television, radio, and the Internet.

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  • Thomas A. Rhoads, 2015. "Proximity’s Impact on Minor League Baseball Attendance," Sports Economics, Management, and Policy, in: The Call Up to the Majors, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 15-38, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:semchp:978-1-4614-8924-5_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8924-5_2
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