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, with some teams and broadcasters superimposing realistic-looking fans into the stands to simulate a full stadium. In a survey conducted in the United States in May 2020, only five percent of respondents stated that this effect made watching the sporting event much more enjoyable.
Impact of superimposing realistic-looking fans into the stands on the enjoyment of watching sporting events on television without fans in attendance in the United States as of May 2020
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Morning Consult. (May 19, 2020). Impact of superimposing realistic-looking fans into the stands on the enjoyment of watching sporting events on television without fans in attendance in the United States as of May 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123193/realistic-looking-fans-sport-tv/
Morning Consult. "Impact of superimposing realistic-looking fans into the stands on the enjoyment of watching sporting events on television without fans in attendance in the United States as of May 2020 ." Chart. May 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123193/realistic-looking-fans-sport-tv/
Morning Consult. (2020). Impact of superimposing realistic-looking fans into the stands on the enjoyment of watching sporting events on television without fans in attendance in the United States as of May 2020 . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123193/realistic-looking-fans-sport-tv/
Morning Consult. "Impact of Superimposing Realistic-looking Fans into The Stands on The Enjoyment of Watching Sporting Events on Television without Fans in Attendance in The United States as of May 2020 ." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123193/realistic-looking-fans-sport-tv/
Morning Consult, Impact of superimposing realistic-looking fans into the stands on the enjoyment of watching sporting events on television without fans in attendance in the United States as of May 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123193/realistic-looking-fans-sport-tv/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Impact of superimposing realistic-looking fans into the stands on the enjoyment of watching sporting events on television without fans in attendance in the United States as of May 2020 [Graph], Morning Consult, May 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123193/realistic-looking-fans-sport-tv/