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Originally Posted by valo403
The average attendance for the Twenty20 Cup, which is a form of cricket meant to be easy for spectators, was just under 7,000 in 2005 (the most recent number I could find). For the standard domestic league it was 3,215.
The average attendance for the Aviva Premiership was just under 13,000.
I think you may need to reform your argument.
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England has never hosted the Rugby world cup (they will in 2015), but do you believe it will have worse attendence then France or Wales? Both of whom had +40,000 people on average per game.
Wimbledon draws hundreds of thousands of people for the week.
The Tour De France and Formula 1 are HUGE ratings draws in England (
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...r-de-france-tv,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...-grand-prix-4m)
I bet 90% of Canadians have no idea that a Canadian won the Giro D'Italia which is the same level as the tour.