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- Mar 26, 2014
The lack of audiences in stadium issue, one main reason is the expensive ticket price. Expensive when compared to other sports.
I can get Worlds tickets at 30% to 50%(depending which sport) of prices of figure skating WC. The price itself is enough to deter unless its an avid fan or someone from 1st world country.
The entrance to JGP is free in many cases - the stands are empty except for Russia and Japan. The tickets to B events are cheap -the stands are empty. At the same time, Megasport with more than 10 000 seats was quite packed for CoR although even official price for the best seats was equal to a half of average monthly salary in Russia. As I said, at the Olympics the stands were empty during early groups of ladies. The same people who did not bother to come early came for the last groups despite ticket prices. Hence, the price is not an issue - the dramatic difference between the quality of skating is. People just don't want to waste time on what does not move them, own country or not. I like curling - both to play and to watch. I watch Russian teams but only women. Men are too weak - I don't watch them. The same is true about hockey, although the gender choice is opposite: why should I spend hours of my life if the Russian women team will surely lose to the Americans or Canadians? People watch their countrymates when they have something to offer as competitors - not for the sake of general support unless they are relatives, friends or big time fans, surely not the general public.