Attendance Comparison After 15 Home Games

photo courtesy of Jarred Donalson

It wasn't the highest attended game in Livestrong Sporting Park history as Don Garber mentioned on Twitter on Friday, but it was still another game where KC pulled over the capacity of LSP.  Here's the comparison of 15 home games.

1996 - Arrowhead
12,141
Sunday September 7, 1996 vs Columbus 1-5 loss
Average - 12,612

1997 - Arrowhead
8,761
Friday September 12, 1997 vs New York 0-0 (2-3) shootout loss
Average - 8,830

1998 - Arrowhead
6,755
Saturday September 5, 1998 vs San Jose 5-1 win
Average - 7,734

1999 - Arrowhead
9,592
Saturday September 25, 1999 vs Colorado 0-0 (2-3) shootout loss
Average - 9,516

2000 - Arrowhead
8,485
Friday August 18, 2000 vs Miami 1-2 loss
Average - 9,202

2001 - Arrowhead
Season finished
Average - 10,954

2002 - Arrowhead
Season finished
Average - 12,287

2003 - Arrowhead
14,923
Saturday October 18, 2003 vs Dallas 1-0 win
Final home game of the season
Average - 15,573

2004 - Arrowhead
20,435
Saturday October 16, 2004 vs Los Angeles 1-0 win
Final home game of the season.
Average - 14,816

2005 - Arrowhead
7,207
Saturday October 1, 2005 vs Chicago 0-1 loss
Average - 9,501

2006 - Arrowhead
15,038
Saturday September 30 2006 vs Salt Lake 3-3 draw
Average - 10,763

2007 - Arrowhead
14,353
Thursday September 27, 2007 vs Los Angeles 0-1 loss
Final game of the season.
Average - 11,586

2008 - Community America Ballpark
9,841
Saturday October 18, 2008 vs San Jose 3-2 win.
Final game of the season.
Dramatic late winner by Herculez Gomez.
Average - 10,716

2009 - Community America Ballpark
10,385
Saturday October 22, 2009 vs DC 2-2 draw
Average - 10,053

2010 - Community America Ballpark
11,518
Saturday October 23, 2010 vs San Jose 4-1 win
The Diop game part Deux
Average - 10,286

2011 - Livestrong Sporting Park
18,778
Friday September 23, 2011 vs Philadelphia 1-1 draw
Average - 17,668

2012 - Livestrong Sporting Park
19,877
Friday September 14, 2012 vs Houston 1-1 draw
Average - 19,296

And here is the list of the average attendances for each of the year's throughout Sporting's history.

1. 2012 - 19,296 (-)
2. 2011 - 17,668 (-)
3. 2003 - 15,573 (-)
4. 2004 - 14,816 (-)
5. 1996 - 12,612 (-)
6. 2002 - 12,287 (-)
7. 2007 - 11,586 (-)
8. 2001 - 10,954 (-)
9. 2006 - 10,763 (+1)
10. 2008 - 10,716 (-1)
11. 2010 - 10,286 (-)
12. 2009 - 10,053 (-)
13. 1999 - 9,516 (+1)
14. 2005 - 9,501 (-1)
15. 2000 - 9,202 (-)
16. 1997 - 8,830 (-)
17. 1998 - 7,734 (-)