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Comparisons to overseas stadiums and attendances are meaningless.
Bournemouth have a 12k seat stadium because they have spent the majority of their history in the 3rd tier of English football. Southampton is 30 miles away and their stadium holds 32k. London is 100 miles away and full of larger capacity grounds. Means nothing. All Bournemouth home games are at their home games, whether it's a Cup tie vs some non-league side or an EPL game vs Manchester United. Every team also plays every other team home and away. The EPL don't schedule two Manchester derbies, two Merseyside derbies, two North London derbies etc. at the expense of less glamorous fixtures.
Teams do share venues around the world but ownership models vary. The LA Clippers are playing right now at the Staples Center in LA. They share that with the Lakers and other non basketball teams, but their private owner is building his own stadium for the team to play in. No AFL team is going to build a a Perth Stadium or renovate an Adelaide Oval because there just isn't that sort of money in footy clubs.
Bournemouth have a 12k seat stadium because they have spent the majority of their history in the 3rd tier of English football. Southampton is 30 miles away and their stadium holds 32k. London is 100 miles away and full of larger capacity grounds. Means nothing. All Bournemouth home games are at their home games, whether it's a Cup tie vs some non-league side or an EPL game vs Manchester United. Every team also plays every other team home and away. The EPL don't schedule two Manchester derbies, two Merseyside derbies, two North London derbies etc. at the expense of less glamorous fixtures.
Teams do share venues around the world but ownership models vary. The LA Clippers are playing right now at the Staples Center in LA. They share that with the Lakers and other non basketball teams, but their private owner is building his own stadium for the team to play in. No AFL team is going to build a a Perth Stadium or renovate an Adelaide Oval because there just isn't that sort of money in footy clubs.