Friday, March 27, 2009

Spring Training Attendance

Tampa Bay RaysThe Rays seventh sellout crowd of the spring on Wednesday night pushed the total attendance at Charlotte Sports Park over 90,000, extending the franchise record. The most sellouts the Rays had in any previous spring was three.

Top Rays Spring Training Home Attendance:
2009 - 90,045
2007 - 79,044
2006 - 70,756
2000 - 67,089
1998 - 66,781
2005 - 61,261
1999 - 59,230
2001 - 57,081
2008 - 54,960
2003 - 51,324
2002 - 49,043
2004 - 43,916

Overall 2009 Major League Baseball and Grapefruit League spring training attendance figures so far are down 20%, but the Rays attendance is up 30%.

                        2008 Avg.   2009 Avg.   % Change
Major League Baseball   8,026       6,420       -20.0%
Grapefruit League       7,740       6,174       -20.2%
Tampa Bay Rays          4,996       6,499       +30.0%
-- By Doug at 6:58 PM

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