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Domestic rugby game day figures declined in 2019, and the BBC reported a discrepancy between the numbers of spectators that certain Premier League teams were reporting and those who actually attended, presumably in an attempt to keep sponsor and season ticket interest high. Indeed, US sports are not the only ones to be hit. In 2018, Fortune reported that MLB is currently facing its lowest attendance rate in 15 years and NFL teams averaged 66,648 fans at home during the 2019 regular season, the lowest figure since 2004.

For 17 teams across those sports, the average home game attendance has declined by more than 10% over the past decade.

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reviewed 10-year changes in average home game attendance for professional ice hockey, baseball, basketball, and American football teams across North America. The financial news and opinion company 24/7 Wall St. Pre-COVID, sports stadia around the globe were suffering from an illness of their own: the slow decline of fan attendance. The thing is, fans were doing this even before the current COVID-19 era.

Unless you are fortunate enough to live in New Zealand, which was the first country to allow fans back into stadiums on game day in June for domestic rugby union, you are likely being consigned to watching live sports from the comfort of your own living room. Yes, in the current COVID-19 pandemic no one is going to stadiums. Right, before we begin, let’s point out the elephant in the room.

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