photo courtesy Jarred Donalson
Continuing to take a look again this year, comparing the attendance from throughout KC's history. Here's the look through 2 home games after KC drew 15,161 last night against FC Dallas. That's the second lowest attendance for a KC game at Livestrong Sporting Park. Still before last season, that 15,161 would have been the 34th largest attended game in team history out of 229 home games before the 2011 season started. So it's funny to hear people now complaining about the number yesterday.
Am I happy with the number? Not overly, but I think the complaints that I've seen on attendance have been over blown. Here's a look at the second home game attendance and the average through 2 games.
UPDATE: I've added a little more information for each game, the date, day of the week, opponent and result. Also if there's something I remember specifically about the game that might have affected attendance.
1996 - Arrowhead
8,848
Wednesday 5/2/1996 vs Columbus Crew 6-4 win
Average - 14,995
1997 - Arrowhead
8,406
Saturday 4/5/1997 vs LA Galaxy 3-2 win
Average - 9,302
1998 - Arrowhead
4,130 (lowest attendance in team history)
Wednesday 4/8/1998 vs Chicago Fire 1-0 win
Average - 7,215
1999 - Arrowhead
8,313
Saturday 4/3/1999 vs New England Revolution 0-1 loss
Average - 11,911
2000 - Arrowhead
5,250
Saturday 4/1/2000 vs Colorado Rapids 3-0 win
Average - 6,395
2001 - Arrowhead
4,420
Wednesday 4/18/2001 vs Miami Fusion 2-1 win
Average - 8,731
2002 - Arrowhead
10,636
Saturday 4/13/2002 vs San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 win
Average - 11,203
2003 - Arrowhead
14,586
Saturday 4/26/2003 vs Chicago Fire 2-3 loss
Average - 18,495
2004 - Arrowhead
9,682
Saturday 4/17/2004 vs Columbus Crew 1-0 win
Average - 14,956
2005 - Arrowhead
12,008
Saturday 4/30/2005 vs DC United 0-0 draw
Average - 12,746
2006 - Arrowhead
8,436
Saturday 4/15/2005 vs New England Revolution 1-0 win
Average - 13,290
2007 - Arrowhead
7,426
Saturday 5/5/2007 vs Columbus Crew 1-0 win
Average - 7,432
2008 - Community America Ballpark
8,731
Saturday 4/5/2008 vs Colorado Rapids 3-2 win
game was moved from evening to afternoon to accommodate KU in the Final Four start time.
Average - 9,558
2009 - Community America Ballpark
6,922
Sunday 4/5/2009 vs San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 win
game best remembered for the Lopez banner almost flying away.
Average - 8,654
2010 - Community America Ballpark
10,228
Saturday 4/10/2010 vs Colorado Rapids 1-0 win
Average - 10,307
2011 - Livestrong Sporting Park
18,467
Friday 6/17/2011 vs San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 win
Average - 19,196
2012 - Livestrong Sporting Park
15,161
Sunday 3/25/2012 vs FC Dallas 2-1 win
Average - 17,469
And here's your rankings of the season based off their average attendance.
1. 2011 - 19,196
2. 2003 - 18,495
3. 2012 - 17,469
4. 1996 - 14,995
5. 2004 - 14,956
6. 2006 - 12,290
7. 2005 - 12,746
8. 1999 - 11,911
9. 2002 - 11,203
10. 2010 - 10,307
11. 2008 - 9,558
12. 1997 - 9,302
13. 2001 - 8,731
14. 2009 - 8,654
15. 2007 - 7,432
16. 1998 - 7,215
17. 2000 - 6,395
4 comments:
Rock Chalk, baby!
Never complain about a crowd of 15,000 for Sunday night home game, especially when KU was playing in the Elite 8. Very good and very enthusiastic!!
The Royals regularly have trouble drawing crowds on Sundays, so I wasn't surprised at the relatively low turnout.
Why is 15k considered LOW? Sure it's less than capacity, but we were struggling to fill 10k-seat CAB just 2 years ago. Let it go.
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