A Case for Complements? Location and Attendance in Major League Soccer

Journal article

Jadrian Wooten
Applied Economics Letters, vol. 25(7), 2018, pp. 442–446

DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1332737

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Wooten, J. (2018). A Case for Complements? Location and Attendance in Major League Soccer. Applied Economics Letters, 25(7), 442–446. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.1332737

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Wooten, Jadrian. “A Case for Complements? Location and Attendance in Major League Soccer.” Applied Economics Letters 25, no. 7 (2018): 442–446.

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Wooten, Jadrian. “A Case for Complements? Location and Attendance in Major League Soccer.” Applied Economics Letters, vol. 25, no. 7, 2018, pp. 442–46, doi:10.1080/13504851.2017.1332737.

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@article{jadrian2018a,
  title = {A Case for Complements? Location and Attendance in Major League Soccer},
  year = {2018},
  issue = {7},
  journal = {Applied Economics Letters},
  pages = {442–446},
  volume = {25},
  doi = {10.1080/13504851.2017.1332737},
  author = {Wooten, Jadrian}
}

As Major League Soccer (MLS) continues to award expansion franchises throughout North America, the league must be considerate of how new clubs may impact attendance levels at nearby clubs. Regardless of whether new MLS clubs are awarded to cities with strong North American Soccer League histories, league officials must be mindful of the effect that geographically close competitors can have on attendance. Perhaps stemming from the limited number of clubs in competition, MLS teams currently appear to operate as strategic complements to one another, increasing season-long attendance as teams locate closer to one another.