I just don’t buy the argument that thousands of people were itching to go to Windsor to see him run but won’t bother going now. Windsor on a Saturday evening in the summer is popular anyway.
That’s mostly been true, CAS, though as the past three renewals have borne witness to an alarming slide in people through the turnstiles they might just appreciate a shot in the arm from Constitution Hill, should it come to pass.
Herewith the HBLB attendance figures for that Windsor August Saturday evening fixture in recent years, and where they ranked in terms of biggest attendances of the respective year:
2016: 8,053 – 1st
2017: 7,405 – 2nd
2018: 8,450 – 2nd
2019: 7,473 – 2nd
2020: n/a
2021: 7,670 – 1st
2022: 8,705 – 2nd
2023: 3,845 – 5th
2024: 3,410 – 10th (9th Flat)
2025: 3,585 – 10th (10th Flat)
FWIW, there isn’t a single Windsor meeting this century which has netted a five-figure number of attendees, according to available HBLB data.
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