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With the recession cutting back travel and entertainment spending, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival was anticipating a tough 2009 season — so much so that it cut the budget $1 million and actors tripled-up on roles.
Rich Aurilia noticed all the empty seats as he made his way around the major leagues during the second half of this season.
The Yankees' home attendance dropped 13 percent in the first year of their new ballpark, partly because of its reduced capacity.
The U.S. Open tennis tournament has set an attendance record with 721,059 spectators.
Major League Baseball's average attendance was 30,298 for its first 183 games over the opening two weeks of the season, a 6.9 percent drop from last year's final figure of 32,539.
Even with attendance down, the NCAA has reason to be happy with the expansion back to 16 sites in the women's tournament. It's still a work in progress though, and there are a few kinks that need to be ironed out. Just ask the top seeded coaches who lost on their opponents' home court.
Ticket sales fell about 15 percent for this year's Big Ten men's basketball tournament, and organizers blamed the drop on the struggling economy.
Someday, Alex Rodriguez may realize that getting outed as a steroids user was the best thing that happened to him as a baseball player. In the meantime, it’s already a good thing for baseball.
No matter how many ways the Oklahoma City Thunder find to lose, they certainly don't seem to have any trouble finding people to watch it happen.
Andria Baker has pretty much always been present. From the first day of kindergarten through her last day of high school, Baker somehow made it to school for every day of classes, despite colds and sports injuries. Why? If she kept it up, her father promised her a car.
At Wal-Mart these days, snowy weather is no longer an excuse for lateness. It had better be a natural disaster like a hurricane or blizzard. And being 10 minutes or more tardy for work three times will earn you a demerit. Too many of those could get you fired.
Major League Baseball broke its season attendance record Saturday and was on track to finish with the second-highest per-game average in the sport's history.
Each night, like many men, I spend about an hour watching Sportscenter for some highlights, scores, and player news. During the Major League Baseball highlights, I noticed a common problem: very low attendance.
I had my first trip to the new Yankee Stadium last night and two things stuck out to me: 1- The stadium is absolutely a modern marvel with video monitors literally everywhere to the unlimited array of foods available to eat and 2- the level of frustration of fans is rising remark …
How Many Attended The Tea Parties?Below is a VERY long (but far from comprehensive) list of crowd size estimates at today's Tea Party protests across the country.
Dead girl given truancy warningThe parents of a girl who died suddenly have received a school letter demanding she improve her attendance.
British churches launch ad campaignChurch attendance is flagging in Europe. So with Christmas coming, churches in England have come up with a novel solution: an ad campaign. Anchor Marco Werman samples some goodies. Scroll down page for article.
The Florida Marlins a Major League Baseball team located in Miami Florida have overcome a huge hurdle. With the official attendance of their Wednesday afternoon game vs the Atlanta Braves totaling 600, they have surpassed their all time season attendance of 112,510 set in 2006.
School attendance officers deployed at Schiphol Amsterdam city council has decided to deploy school attendance officers at Schiphol Airport to check whether students are going on holiday with their parents before the official end of the school term.
15 Parents Arrested For Children's Unexcused Absences At SchoolA total of 15 parents were charged with failure to comply with compulsory school attendance laws and contributing to the delinquency of their children...
The Early Bird Gets the Bad Grade IT'S Monday morning, and you're having trouble waking your teenagers. You're not alone. Indeed, each morning, few of the country's 17 million high school students are awake enough to get much out of their first class, particularly if it starts before 8 a.m.
Theme park attendance in 2006TEA/ERA and Park World Magazine have picked up where Amusement Business left off with amusement and theme park attendance estimates for 2006. Disney has the top 8 parks and the only Disney park to not be included in top ten is California Adventure, which rings in at #13.
Hong Kong Disneyland draws 5.2 million visitors in first yearHong Kong's new Disneyland theme park attracted 5.2 million visitors in its first year of operation, 400,000 short of its target, according to radio reports Friday. The theme park disclosed detailed attendance figures for the first time Thursday in a meeting with legislators.
Avs see empty seats; Bettman isn''t ready to panicLast week, the Los Angeles Kings had their lowest attendance in five years. The Chicago Blackhawks had 8,008 fans in 20,500-seat United Center the same night. Is hockey attendance in trouble? Commissioner Gary Bettman says it''s too early to hit the panic button.
Attendance Record Is Expected to Fall - Los Angeles TimesWith a more favorable home schedule next year, the Dodgers are on course to set the club attendance record this season and break the record next season.The Dodgers have sold 3.5 million tickets through Sunday and are on pace to sell 3.7 million this season.
Go to school and win an iPod!One school in Sacramento, is giving away iPod for those students with perfect attendance.
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