Bodybuilding Show Attendance

[jaejonna]

Seriously , how many people attend these events? What are the numbers ?
Mr. O, Arnold, Ironman, San Fran, ect...

[LuciusFox]

Seriously , how many people attend these events? What are the numbers ?
Mr. O, Arnold, Ironman, San Fran, ect...

   145 people attended the San Fran. It was wildly popular.

[HowieW]

Is it just me , or has the azz clown quota in/around serious bodybuilding reached a point of critical mass?
Seems to be getting even more negative with too many fragile egos and imature finger pointing.
Oh well, live and let live.I don't know hard numbers , but it seems to be dropping at a number of shows.
Maybe the PDI will be  a shot in the arm...maybe not?
The wisdom of "freak show" promotion over more mainstream , asthetic physiques, has really been a proven winner huh
I am out to the gym, live large, die massive, Howard

[FLEX N FREAK]

beleive it or not, The E cup in Seattle has over 2000 in the audience ( and this an amatuer show)

[Sir William Idol]

competitive bodybuilding is pretty lame

[HowieW]

beleive it or not, The E cup in Seattle has over 2000 in the audience ( and this an amatuer show)

Hmm, good point as do many of Jon Lyndsys NPC shows in Cal.
The state meet in Ga, La and many other states like Texas and FLA does quite well.
The NPC nationals and USA rock with fans.
These kind of shows have always done well however.
The pro shows don't have way too much overhead to make a decent profit without TV coverage or major corperate sponsers, etc. The Olympia, with its history , and a couple other pro shows (maybe Shawn's Colorado one) is all the current industry will support.
I think the sport will revert back to where it was in terms of  fewer pro and amatuer  shows overall.

[bigdumbbell]

keep having shows in farmland   eventually, you'll learn

[timfogarty]

Hmm, good point as do many of Jon Lyndsys NPC shows in Cal.

I don't know.  While I don't go to all the so Cal shows, and its always the prejudging and never the evening show, I'd say you get 2-3 family members or friends per contestant.   there might be a few dozen hard-core fans who don't know anyone in the show, but that number is dropping because of their rules on cameras:  only one camera, no camera bag, and if it looks "too professional" you're not allowed in.

the Ironman Pro doesn't sell out either.  in 2005, the prejudging was about 1/3 full, the evening show 2/3 full.

[triple_pickle]

the april 1, 2006 supernatural (evening) show in marietta, ga (http://www.snbf.com/) was packed to the full, i do not know how many people, perhaps 500?  i think "regular" folks, be it family, friends, or strangers, can identify more easily with amateur shows rather than professional ones.

[onlyme]

I never heard, how many people were at the Master night show

[LuciusFox]

Reminds me of Shawn's complaints about the low ironman prize money.

Shawn: this is just economics.  You can't possibly pay bodybuilders more money than they generate.

I think a lot of us are under the false impression that anything in business is automatically making lots of money.

  Which is an amazing assumption, given that most of us say that we will not go to bodybuilding shows and that the videos are too expensive. I guess some people just expect the money to show up by itself.