Every year, in this small town, there are a record number of ASA shooters that roll into town to compete. I think there was something like 2,000 shooters last year, and there will be that many or more here in about a month when the shoot takes place again. It's been this way for the past 10 years and it gets bigger every single year and it continues to grow.
You can't compare archery with PRS. You can literally hold matches indoors, in downtown Las Vegas, with hundreds / thousands of spectators that walk from their hotel, and can spend the day doing other things during the evenings besides shooting. Matches take MINUTES, not 8-10 hours / day. PRS matches are usually held out in the middle of nowhere due to the range and safety requirements, where there is nothing else to do. It's not spectator friendly. The matches are generally limited to < 200 shooters, not because more people don't want to shoot, but because you literally can't put more people on the range and still finish the match. I feel like the people comparing PRS to pro sports or sports that are super spectator friendly have never been to one or know how they even work.