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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: Major League Baseball breaks attendance mark
Associated Press today wrote:
Major League Baseball breaks attendance mark Average crowd totals 31,348, on track to be highest for full season
Major League Baseball broke its season attendance record Saturday and was on track to finish with the second-highest per-game average in the sport’s history.
Through Friday night, the 30 major league teams had drawn 74,922,200, just shy of the 74,926,174 fans who attended games in 2005, and the record was broken when Minnesota drew 46,219 against the Chicago White Sox in Saturday’s first game. The average of 31,348 through Friday was on track to be the highest for a full season, topping 1993’s 31,337. The only higher average was in the strike-shortened 1994 season, when baseball averaged 31,632 before players walked out in mid-August.
“Yes, the wild card has worked. Yes, interleague play has worked. Yes, revenue sharing has produced parity, which has produced increased attendance in a lot of places,” commissioner Bud Selig said. “It’s all of the above.”
In spite of this, the Diamondbacks went into today's game needing just over 49,000 through the last two games to avoid a franchise record-low season attendance.
A change in talent and a winning record over the next couple of years is just what the doctor ordered.
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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:
shoewizard wrote:
Todays attendance 33,019
Thats paid....not how many actually showed up.
Where are all the Gonzo fans?
I bet tmw is not a sellout, although I guess it will be over 40K
I was shocked to see what appeared to be more than half of the upper deck empty today.
Am I wrong to expect a complete sell-out tomorrow?
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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject:
TAP wrote:
I was shocked to see what appeared to be more than half of the upper deck empty today.
Am I wrong to expect a complete sell-out tomorrow?
Schulte was emphatic in saying it was "almost a sell-out" and urging those who have tickets to arrive early, as traffic is expected to be heavy as game time approaches.
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