Basho attendance

[Akinomaki]

Sanspo publishes that in each early morning article for the day before, for NEARLY all days. I'll update this post for all 15 days and plan to add only one post like it for each further basho and perhaps one for all local basho of a whole jungyo with data available. I will also post news about the subject in this thread.

Osaka 2014

Day 1: full house with 6700 spectators (80% - with 8300 as 100%)

no data for day 2 - maybe so few they were ashamed to report it ?

Day 3: 5000 spectators

Day 4: 5900 spectators

Day 5: 5900 spectators

Day 6: 5200 spectators

Day 7: full house with 7378 spectators (89%)

Day 8: full house with 7378 spectators again - exactly that same odd number ?

Day 9: full house with 6500 spectators (78% - borderline is maybe 75%)

Day 10: full house with 6600 spectators (79%)

Day 11: full house with 6550 spectators (79%)

Day 12: full house with 6800 spectators (82%)

Day 13: full house with 7378 spectators again? - do they use this as the sell-out number?

Day 14: full house with 7378 spectators - obviously that's the NSK sell-out number

Day 15: full house with 7378 spectators

Edited March 24, 2014 by Akinomaki

[Mark.Buckton]

this is the difference between online and source figures. Posted at the arena as 8,000. On shonichi at least 500 seats and masu empty. Won't get that on TV.

[Akinomaki]

Half-time report - my belief in the trustworthiness of sanspo is at a low.

Sanspo publishes that in each early morning article for the day before, for NEARLY all days.

Osaka 2014
Day 1: full house with 6700 spectators (80%)
no data for day 2 - maybe so few they were ashamed to report it ?
Day 3: 5000 spectators
Day 4: 5900 spectators
Day 5: 5900 spectators

Day 6: 5200 spectators

Day 7: full house with 7378 spectators (89%)

Day 8: full house with 7378 spectators again - exactly that same odd number ?

Edited March 17, 2014 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

For the 2nd year in a row 10+ days of full house for Taka, exactly 10 this time.

http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20140323/sum14032322540011-n1.html

With the odd number used as sell-out indicator, it means 5 days of sell-out - 89% being 100% for the NSK.

Osaka 2014

Day 1: full house with 6700 spectators (80% - with 8300 as 100%)

no data for day 2 - maybe so few they were ashamed to report it ?

Day 3: 5000 spectators

Day 4: 5900 spectators

Day 5: 5900 spectators

Day 6: 5200 spectators

Day 7: full house with 7378 spectators (89%)

Day 8: full house with 7378 spectators again - exactly that same odd number ?

Day 9: full house with 6500 spectators (78% - borderline is maybe 75%)

Day 10: full house with 6600 spectators (79%)

Day 11: full house with 6550 spectators (79%)

Day 12: full house with 6800 spectators (82%)

Day 13: full house with 7378 spectators again? - do they use this as the sell-out number?

Day 14: full house with 7378 spectators - obviously that's the NSK sell-out number

Day 15: full house with 7378 spectators

Edited March 24, 2014 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Senshuraku is already sold out as usual. Ticket are sold presently 1.8 times more than last year, which had 6 time a full house - even with higher prices due to the VAT increase.
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/sports/news/140418/mrt14041810000002-n1.htm
(I like to go on days with low attendance and picked days 2 and 5)

[bettega]

Senshuraku is already sold out as usual. Ticket are sold presently 1.8 times more than last year, which had 6 time a full house - even with higher prices due to the VAT increase.

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/sports/news/140418/mrt14041810000002-n1.htm

(I like to go on days with low attendance and picked days 2 and 5)

Any info about the number of streams sold?

[Benevolance]

These 'sell out' figures include tickets held for sale by other vendors, like PIA, correct? So while technically sold out, seats and boxes might still be available for senshuraku?

[Akinomaki]

These 'sell out' figures include tickets held for sale by other vendors, like PIA, correct? So while technically sold out, seats and boxes might still be available for senshuraku?

PIA is running the internet reservation site for the NSK, they and similar connected big vendors should have no extra hidden tickets, but the chaya and similar small private groups/sellers have. They get their tickets from the NSK to welcome those who pay more for special services provided. If the chaya don't attract their accustomed clientèle, their remaining tickets are a loss only to them.

The tickets for the day are available as well - for a few minutes in the morning maybe.

[Benevolance]

The tickets for the day are just the general admission tickets, or do they reserve some regular box seats for daily admissions, as well?

[Akinomaki]

Natsu Basho jobansen (opening: d.1-5)

Day 1 full house with 10605 spectators (the usual sell-out number). The 200 tickets of the day (tojitsu-ken - jiyuu-seki for the last 14th row on the 2nd floor), were sold out in about 20 minutes, 30 minutes faster then usual.

Day 2 7041 spectators

Day 3 7369 spectators

Day 4 8022 spectators

Day 5 7516 spectators

I guess from now on the numbers will keep rising and will stay above 8000.
I wonder how they count a left-over 4 people masu box sold as a 1 person masu to an individual.

As planned I got days with low attendance (2&5), but 2&3 would have been a better (but impossible for me) schedule - I didn't get to see Musashikuni (and was too late for Urutora).

[Akinomaki]

Chuubansen

day 6 9330 spectators, full house
day 7 full house, sell-out (10605 spectators)
day 8 full house, sell-out (10605 spectators)
day 9 9030 spectators, full house
day 10 8607 spectators

[specialweek 2]

Full house day 11

[Akinomaki]

Shuubansen

day 11 9562 spectators, full house
day 12 9860 spectators, full house
day 13 full house, sell-out (10605 spectators)
day 14 full house, sell-out (10605 spectators)
day 15 full house, sell-out (10605 spectators)

10 times full house - last time with double digits was Natsu 1997 - 6 with sell-out

[Asameshimae]

That is amazing that they got those kind if numbers. Since 1997 is an impressive statistic. I wish they'd use the money to refurbish the seating. Even 4 skinny Japanese people cannot sit comfortably in those box seats. Of course with the attendance they are getting even with those seats why would they bother?

[Akinomaki]

Nagoya Basho jobansen (opening: d.1-5)

Day 1 full house with 7200 spectators (I don't remember the usual sell-out number for Nagoya)

Day 2 no data published

Day 3 5200 spectators

Day 4 5600 spectators

Day 5 5600 spectators

less than to be expected for an Endo semi-local basho.

[bettega]

... Endo's uninspired performance justify the low numbers :-)

[Asashosakari]

Hype comes, hype goes. And Nagoya has been tough going for the Kyokai for years now, even a well-performing Endo would have been unlikely to make first-week sellouts materialize, IMHO.

[Kintamayama]

Pre-basho they announced a 35% increase in sales compared to last year.

[Asashosakari]

Looks pretty accurate to me...weren't their usual Nagoya weekdays sales in the 4000 range?

[Kintamayama]

And today was the first time in six years that there was a "real sell out" on Day 7. "I am deeply thankful," said the Rijicho.

[bettega]

So, nothing to do with Endo or anything else alone, right?

Nice to see good atendances

[Asashosakari]

So, nothing to do with Endo or anything else alone, right?

I do think Endo has caused much of the bump, because most of the tickets were sold before the basho. I doubt there are many extra sales on the day, though (compared to a usual year), but that's always a problem during the first week. Where Endo's struggles might cost them a bit is in walk-up sales during the second week, but if the top 5 continue to perform well and deliver a good yusho race to draw additional spectators, Endo will not matter anyway.

[Akinomaki]

Chuubansen

day 6 5700 spectators

day 7 full house, sell-out (7500 spectators)

day 8 full house, sell-out (7500 spectators)

day 9 7400 spectators, full house

day 10 6300 spectators, full house (=at least 80% full) with 84%

[Akinomaki]

Shuubansen

day 11 6400 spectators, full house

day 12 6800 spectators, full house

day 13 7200 spectators, full house

day 14 full house, sell-out (7500 spectators)

day 15 full house, sell-out (7500 spectators)

98700 in all, 12 000 more than last year. Similar to last basho 10 times a full house

and the last time with double digits 15 years ago - 4 with sell-out (Natsu was 17y ago and 6 times).

http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20140727/sum14072722400016-n1.html

[Akinomaki]

Aki basho figures.

14 times the man-in onrei banners were down and also the remaining day in the end fulfilled the full-house requirements. Last time that was during the Waka-Taka boom at the Hatsu basho 1997, which had all 15 days with the banners down.

5 times were a sell out. The details from my pic posts:

Sell out with 10605 spectators for Aki day 1 again after 12 years

Day 2 - full house with 10604 spectators - ONE less than the sell out number - really?

Day 3 with 8714 was really a full house with more than 80%, the yardstick. Spectators had poured in after 2 p.m. when they decide to lower the banners or not. Without the banners the day is not officially counted as a full house.

Day 4 - 9585 spectators for a rare full house for that day, after 18 years again, a reminder of the good old days with 666 in a row.
Day 5 - full house with 9163 spectators

Day 6 - full house with 9177 spectators

Day 7 - 2nd sell-out of the basho, this time they give 10610 as the number, 5 more than on for the sell-out on day 1

Nakabi - again a sell-out with 10610 spectators

Day 9 - full house with 10157 spectators

Day 10 - sell-out with 10610 spectators

Day 11 - full house with 9806 spectators

Day 12 - full house with 9754 spectators

Day 13 - full house with 10511 spectators

Day 14 - sell-out (10610)

Day 15 - sell out of course (10610)