What is the audience of a sport called?

What is the audience of a sport called?

English translation: spectators .. Spectators clash at basketball game. From Sports Illustrated.

What is the biggest crowd at a sporting event?

Current venues

Rank Venue name Highest attendance
1 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 350,000
2 Ascot Racecourse 280,000
3 Circuit de la Sarthe 263,500
4 Strahov Stadium 250,000

What are participant sports?

Sports participant means any persons who directly or indirectly participants in sports contests as a player, contests, team member, coach, manager, trainer, or any others person directly associated with a player, contestant or team member in connection with a sports activity.

What are the types of spectators?

The 8 Types of World Cup Spectators

  • The avid fan. Forged in the fires of domestic and international competitions, these are the purest of the pure when it comes to the game.
  • The statistician.
  • The gambler.
  • The face-painted party animal.
  • The part-time prognosticator.
  • The unaffiliated.
  • The saboteur.
  • The armchair coach.

What is an example of a popular participation sport?

Tennis. Widely recognised as the most popular individual sport in the world, tennis is played by an estimated number of 60 million men and women around the world, according to a ranking by Topend Sports.

What is spectator sport?

Definition of spectator sport 1 : a sport (such as football, baseball, ice hockey, etc.) that many people watch. 2 : something that people watch other people do without becoming involved themselves For many, politics has become a spectator sport.

What is the most popular sport in the world 2021?

Football/Soccer
1. Football/Soccer. Commonly known as football and sometimes soccer, the game is played by approximately 250 million players spread over 200 countries, making it the world’s most popular sport. And now in 2021, it also holds its place among the richest sports in the world.

What are some examples of huge crowds at sporting events?

At the moment I have just collected information about huge crowds at sporting events, not all numbers have been confirmed (and may never will be). The Tour de France cycle race – the number of spectators at recent events is estimated to be 12 to 15 million. Many other cycle races and similar events will have huge number of spectators.

Are there any large crowds of spectators watching sporting events?

There have been some very large crowds of spectators watching sporting events. Below are some of the largest known sporting crowds. At the moment I have just collected information about huge crowds at sporting events, which are now being checked. More suggestions and other crowds numbers are coming in (see comments below).

What is the biggest attendance at a sporting event?

This is the biggest attendance at a sporting event held in an enclosed stadium. The crowd number is an unofficial number – the official crowd (people who paid tickets) that day was 173,850. Due to its large capacity, Maracana stadium has many more reported sporting events with large attendance figures.

What is the largest crowd ever to see a football game?

The unofficial record for a game in the USA is approximately 120,000 to see a Notre Dame/ Army game in 1928. The same estimated crowd also saw the Norte Dame v USC football game in Soldier Field, Chicago in 1927.