Weber State's 2012 attendance is down.

Updated.

With 1 game left to go, Weber State's 2012 attendance is down compared to 2011 about 13%.  The attendance is still better than seasons prior to 2011.  The reasons for the decrease this season over the prior season are the lackluster performance of the team and the increase in ticket prices over the previous seasons.  There was also bad weather for the season finale.  Over the prior 5 seasons, Weber State has seen an increasing attendance trend.

2012 games

McNeese State -- 9617
Eastern Washignton -- 9434
Cal Poly -- 5939 (General Conference Weekend)
Montana -- 7251
Northern Colorado--4837 (Snow)

2012 Average--7416
2011 Average--8487
2010 Average--6913
2009 Average--6900
2008 Average--6910
2007 Average--4092

Note, weather was probably the main reason attendance was down in 2007.

The Cal Poly game was the Friday before General Conference.  Let's compare that game to attendance at other General Conference weekends.  It does not appear as if the move to Friday increased the attendance for General Conference Weekend.  The fact that Weber was 0-4 going into the Conference Weekend game must be considered a factor in the low attendance.  The Friday night game was comparable to LDS Conference weekend games of prior season when compared to the season average.  The best was the 2009 game against Montana State.  The worse was the 2008 game against Montana.

2012--Cal Poly (0-4) 5939 (80% of season average)
2011--(Road Game)
2010--EWU (2-2) 5462 (79% of season average)
2009--Montana St (2-2) 6112 (89% of season average)
2008--Montana (3-2) 3753 (54% of season average)
2007--Sac St. (0-4) 3342 (81% of season average)

In conclusion, considering how poor the team performed in 2012, the WSU administration should be pleased that there was not a further drop in attendance in 2012 than there was.  If the coaching staff can figure out how to right the ship, attendance should return to it's improving ways.  Weber State may see improvement on the Friday before General Conference if the team performs well and it appears to be a winnable game.  We will not find out in 2013 as the Cats are on the road that weekend.

Weber State's unofficial 2013 Schedule

August 31 Stephen F. Austin
September 7 bye
September 14 @ Utah State
September 21 @ McNeese State
September 28 Sacramento State
October 5 @ Eastern Washington
October 12 @ Cal Poly
October 19 Montana State
October 26 bye
November 2 @ Portland State
November 9 Southern Utah
November 16 @ Montana
November 23 Idaho State