Sunday, July 31, 2011

7th Home Game Attendance Look

photo courtesy of Jarred Donalson

Last night KC had their 7th home game of the season, so it's time to take a look again and compare how the attendance throughout the years looks. Last night the announced attendance was 17,418, about 1,000 below the capacity of LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. To see last week's, as well as get links to previous weeks, click here.

Here are the numbers for the 7th home game.

1996 - Arrowhead
9,458
Average - 13,347

1997 - Arrowhead
7,431
Average - 8,681

1998 - Arrowhead
10,067
Average - 7,966

1999 - Arrowhead
9,336
Average - 9,074

2000 - Arrowhead
17,272
Average - 10,098

2001 - Arrowhead
19,552
Average - 11,574

2002 - Arrowhead
8,288
Average - 11,265

2003 - Arrowhead
16,944
Average - 15,119

2004 - Arrowhead
20,011
Average - 15,287

2005 - Arrowhead
13,458
Average - 10,200

2006 - Arrowhead
8,710
Average - 10,629

2007 - Arrowhead
7,872
Average - 9,190

2008 - Community America Ballpark
8,773
Average - 9,483

2009 - Community America Ballpark
10,385
Average - 9,703

2010 - Community America Ballpark
10,385
Average - 9,964

2011 - LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
17,418
Average - 17,762

And here's how the years match up, the 2011 season still leads, but lost a little bit of ground. Remember the first parenthesis is the movement from last week, the second is how much the average attendance has gone up or down from last week.

1. 2011 - 17,418 (-) (-402)
2. 2004 - 15,287 (+1) (+787)
3. 2003 - 15,119 (-1) (+304)
4. 1996 - 13,347 (-) (-648)
5. 2001 - 11,574 (+2) (1,329)
6. 2002 - 11,265 (-1) (-497)
7. 2006 - 10,629 (-1) (-320)
8. 2005 - 10,200 (+1) (+543)
9. 2000 - 10,098 (+5) (+1,196)
10. 2010 - 9,964 (-2) (+70)
11. 2009 - 9,703 (-) (+113)
12. 2008 - 9,483 (-2) (-119)
13. 2007 - 9,190 (-1) (-219)
14. 1999 - 9,074 (-1) (+44)
15. 1997 - 8,681 (-) (-208)
16. 1998 - 7,966 (-) (+350)

The 2000 season shots up the rankings this week, breaking the 10,000 attendance barrier after it'd spent time at the bottom of the rankings.

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