cdm Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Montreal '80 or '81 was the largest attendance I have ever seen anywhere in drumcorps. Finals or otherise. Not sure how many were there, but it dwarfed any finals I have been to in the last twenty years I was in Montreal for the championships in 1981, and 1982. The crowd was huge! Maybe it was bigger than Birmingham, but Birmingham had large crowds also in 1979, and 1980. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 stop resurrecting old threads! Almost eight months to the day after the last post. Kim Kardashian got married just a week earlier and this thread was inactive for all but that first week of the wedding, staying dead months longer than Kardashian's marriage has been. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) I was in Montreal for the championships in 1981, and 1982. The crowd was huge! Maybe it was bigger than Birmingham, but Birmingham had large crowds also in 1979, and 1980. Yes, the Finals attendance in Montreal was a little less than double what this year's Finals paid Attendance was.( 22,000). I was watching the ESPN Finals telecast on youtube from 2005 last nite, and Rondo mentioned twice in the telecast that there was ( his words )" 25,000 in paid attendance " at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Ma. that year. On a positive note, this years Finals paid attendance of 22,000 is up pretty significantly from just 2, 3 years, so the trend lines are more encouraging lately. Edited August 13, 2015 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I was in Montreal for the championships in 1981, and 1982. The crowd was huge! Maybe it was bigger than Birmingham, but Birmingham had large crowds also in 1979, and 1980. I remember Birmingham quite well and the electricity in the stands. I saw alot of that this year also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortAndFast Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Has DCI released this year's paid attendance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cf144 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) Has DCI released this year's paid attendance? Brandt announced it at the show. Was 22k and change. If my failing memory serves it was 22,805. Edited August 13, 2015 by cf144 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peel Paint Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 ...BUT the gross would have been many multiples higher, since the average finals ticket in Montreal was probably about $20. WHO KEEPS RESURRECTING THESE ZOMBIE THREADS??? lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liahona Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 WHO KEEPS RESURRECTING THESE ZOMBIE THREADS??? lol. The sad part is I read about 10 pages before I realized this was from 2011....lol 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortAndFast Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Brandt announced it at the show. Was 22k and change. If my failing memory serves it was 22,805. That is an excellent number for Indy. Hopefully DCI will release the numbers for finals week, regionals, DCI Live, Big Loud & Live, etc. It sounds like they had a very good year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Still amazed that so many who come to this place seem to want for attendance to be lower than it is. Just so ####### backwards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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