Brutal drop in viewers of 44 percent in the ICE league! While the 2019/20 season (the previous season ran without fans) an average of 3,163 spectators came, so far it’s only 1,759 per game. VSV CFO Schwab: “Despite 3G, people are afraid. If this continues, it will be tight in the budget for some! “
The biggest loss is in Linz: The minus of 61 percent has, however, to do with last year’s turbulence around the club. But Graz also only has an average of 1,200 spectators instead of 2,636 – a decrease of 55 percent. “People don’t dare to go into the hall because of the pandemic,” said Graz President and League Boss Jochen Pildner-Steinburg.
In the case of the Carinthians, the decline is comparatively limited. VSV has a fan deficit of 21 percent (from 2880 to 2269), after Znojmo (four percent) it is the club with the lowest decline. “However, we expected more visitors,” said CFO Andi Schwab. “Despite the strong squad, only 2,287 fans came to the first home game, previously it would have been over 3,000.” Corona is also to blame for him: “It hurts the budget! We hope for further compensation payments from the federal government. “
At the KAC, the average attendance decreased from 3868 to 2778 compared to 2019/20 – a decrease of 28%! “After only 1,866 fans came to the first game after the title against Rouen, I was afraid of it,” said boss Oliver Pilloni. “We can only continue to strictly control 3G and hope that more people will come again. Compared to the first five rounds of the 2019/20 season, we’re not in that bad shape. “