Home Opener Attendance Comparison

photo courtesy Jarred Donalson

Bringing back another topic from last year, the attendance comparison of previous seasons and how it relates to KC. So here's a look at the attendance comparisons from KC's home openers throughout the years.

1996 - Arrowhead
21,141

1997 - Arrowhead
10,198

1998 - Arrowhead
10,299

1999 - Arrowhead
15,509

2000 - Arrowhead
7,540

2001 - Arrowhead
13,042

2002 - Arrowhead
11,769

2003 - Arrowhead
22,403

2004 - Arrowhead
20,229

2005 - Arrowhead
13,484

2006 - Arrowhead
18,143

2007 - Arrowhead
7,438

2008 - Community America Ballpark
10,385

2009 - Community America Ballpark
10,385

2010 - Community America Ballpark
10,385

2011 - Livestrong Sporting Park
19,925

2012 - Livestrong Sporting Park
19,777

Down a little bit from last year, but not much as a whole. The opener this past week is the 5th highest opener in team history behind 2003, 1996, 2004, and 2011. Now we'll see how the 2012 season stacks up to the 2011 season when the team hit the highest average attendance in their history.