Over the past years, professional sports leagues have gained significant popularity, offering great entertainment to fans watching live in the stadiums and back home on TV. However, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 had a huge impact on the sport industry, leading to the cancelation of many leagues and championships across all sports. One way in which professional sports were safely reintroduced was to play the games out in empty stadiums. In a survey conducted in the United States in May 2020, 22 percent of respondents stated that watching live sport on television would be much less enjoyable without fans in the stadium.
Impact of the lack of fans in attendance on the enjoyment of watching live sports on television during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as of May 2020
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Morning Consult. (May 19, 2020). Impact of the lack of fans in attendance on the enjoyment of watching live sports on television during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as of May 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122870/fan-attendance-enjoyment-live-sports/
Morning Consult. "Impact of the lack of fans in attendance on the enjoyment of watching live sports on television during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as of May 2020." Chart. May 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122870/fan-attendance-enjoyment-live-sports/
Morning Consult. (2020). Impact of the lack of fans in attendance on the enjoyment of watching live sports on television during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as of May 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122870/fan-attendance-enjoyment-live-sports/
Morning Consult. "Impact of The Lack of Fans in Attendance on The Enjoyment of Watching Live Sports on Television during The Coronavirus Pandemic in The United States as of May 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122870/fan-attendance-enjoyment-live-sports/
Morning Consult, Impact of the lack of fans in attendance on the enjoyment of watching live sports on television during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as of May 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122870/fan-attendance-enjoyment-live-sports/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Impact of the lack of fans in attendance on the enjoyment of watching live sports on television during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as of May 2020 [Graph], Morning Consult, May 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122870/fan-attendance-enjoyment-live-sports/
