The phrase "average spectator" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a typical or ordinary viewer or audience member in various contexts, such as sports, theater, or film.
Example: "The average spectator may not notice the subtle nuances of the performance, but they will appreciate the overall entertainment value."
Alternatives: "typical viewer" or "ordinary audience member".
Because finding the racing line involves subtle judgment, skill and instinct, the average spectator knows little about it.
The only effect of these changes seems to have been the addition of further layers of complexity to a sport whose nuances are already beyond the comprehension of the average spectator.
For the average spectator, the level of security could mean waiting in line an hour or more to funnel through any of the four checkpoints, where security personnel have been instructed to be very nosy about what people are wearing and what they might be carrying.
-- While watching swimmers line up during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, former Olympic swimmer and NBC Sports commentator Rowdy Gaines quipped that swimmers keep getting bigger, with the shortest one in the current race towering over the average spectator.
The average spectator cannot watch any other elite sport and think: I might be able do that.
"Pageant" is also a demure word for the event, which to the average spectator looks like 650 war reenactors dodging fireballs and flashfloods in a Michael Bay blockbuster.
You admit that "nobody wants some sicko" gaping through peepholes, and we have tailored our law to catch these perverts while excluding the average window spectator or casual admirer on the street.
In Germany, the women's Bundesliga set an attendance record in 2014: an average 1,185 spectators per match.
Earlier in our story, Jeffrey Loria, the New York art-dealer owner of the Expos (who drew an average 7,935 spectators per home game last year), was permitted to trade up for a different low-interest (fans, not loans) club, the Florida Marlins.
They average 932 spectators a match.
They most recently played in the top league in 2007, when they drew an average 222 spectators.
