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TESTING THE INTEREST LEVEL OF BASEBALL FANS
The ESPN Chilton Sports Poll surveyed 1,766 U.S. residents from April 4-24, 1995. Respondents ranked themselves as baseball fans from 0-10. "Non Fans" are those at zero; "Low Fans" are between 1-3; "Medium Fans" between 4-7; "Super Fans" between 8- 10. The April '94 sample was conducted from March 29-April 18, 1994.NON FANSLOW FANSApr-94Apr-95Apr-94Apr-95Very interested 0%2%9%3%Somewhat interested 641914A little bit interested 581919Not at all interested 90875264MEDIUM FANSSUPER FANSApr-94Apr-95Apr-94Apr-95Very interested 16%10%37%25%Somewhat interested 35382526A little bit interested 27192519Not at all interested 22421331 -
THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY "PURE PLAY" STOCK TICKER
52-WEEK COMPANY SYM CLOSE +/- OPEN HIGH LOW VOLUME Bos. Celtics BOS 20 7/8 -1/4 20 7/8 24 1/8 18 3/4 400 Cobra Golf CBRA 22 3/4 -1/2 23 1/4 41 1/2 13 3/8 370700 Converse CVE 8 3/4 +1/8 8 3/4 12 5/8 9 1/4 28700 Callaway Golf ELY 12 5/8 0 12 5/8 21 11/16 13 1/4 802100 Fila FLH 22 3/8 +1/8 22 1/4 22 12 7500 Sport Supply GYM 13 7/8 -1/8 13 7/8 17 1/4 9 1/4 25400 L.A. Gear LA 3 1/2 +1/4 3 3/8 8 1/4 3 1/4 48800 Nike NKE 75 5/8 +1/8 75 1/2 78 52 1/4 170300 Reebok RBK 31 1/2 -3/8 31 3/4 40 1/4 28 3/8 924600 Russell Athl. RML 29 3/8 -1/8 29 3/8 32 5/8 26 3/4 16200 Sportmart SPMT 9 5/8 -1/8 9 3/4 19 7 1/4 24000 Starter STA 9 1/2 -1/8 9 1/2 13 3/4 6 1/4 29200 Topps TOPP 6 5/16 -1/16 6 1/2 8 4 1/8 374300 Sports Auth. TSA 17 1/2 0 17 3/8 25 16 1/4 57400
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THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY TURNSTILE TRACKER
TODAY: Final NBA Western Conference Attendance.
-- ANH = The Arrowhead Pond at Anaheim ^ The Clippers and Blazers played their season opener at a neutral site in Yokohama, Japan.'95 YEAR-TO-DATETEAMHOME
DATESAVG.TOTAL%CAPAVG
TIX$'94
AVG.TOTAL ATTEND
+/- FROM '94SPUR 4122,449920,413109%$3022,053+ 16,246JAZZ 4119,784811,15999%$3019,866- 3,343SUNS 4119,023779,943100%$3819,023No ChangeKING 4117,317709,997100%$2417,317No ChangeNUGG 4117,171704,011100%$2116,433+ 30,273MAVS 4116,547678,43395%$2512,839+ 152,019ROCK 4115,936653,38996%$3715,005+ 38,165SONI 4115,457633,74887%$3514,682+ 31,779WARR 4115,025616,025100%$2915,025No ChangeTWOL 4114,720603,51877%$2817,888- 129,901LAKE 4114,418591,12582%$3313,315+ 45,210PORT^ 4012,888515,520100%$3512,888No ChangeCLIP^ 349,332438,52458%$2611,131- 61,165at ANH 617,656106,69596%$26n/an/a




