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Research article summary:
Evidence of a reduced home advantage when a team moves to a new stadium.
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Home advantage is well documented for professional baseball, basketball and ice hockey in North America. One of the possible causes of this advantage is familiarity with the local playing facility. This was investigated and quantified in an analysis of ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Dec
in Journal: J Sports Sci
(Language : eng)
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2002 Dec;20(12):969-73
Evidence of a reduced home advantage when a team moves to a new stadium.
Pollard R
Department of Statistics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 93407, USA. rpollard@calpoly.edu
Home advantage is well documented for professional baseball, basketball and ice hockey in North America. One of the possible causes of this advantage is familiarity with the local playing facility. This was investigated and quantified in an analysis of 37 teams moving to new stadiums, but in the same city, from 1987 to 2001. Home advantage during the first season in a new stadium after the move was significantly less than home advantage in the final season in the old stadium (P= 0.011). The reduction was evident in all three sports. Possible confounding factors, such as crowd size and crowd density, were considered but did not appear to have an effect. It is estimated that about 24% of the advantage of playing at home maybe lost when a team relocates to a new facility.
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Richard | Pollard | R |
Affiliation: Department of Statistics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 93407, USA. rpollard@calpoly.edu
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