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THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY TURNSTILE TRACKER

     TODAY: MLB American League Attendance Through June 8    
'97 YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
TEAM
HOME DATES
AVG.
TOTAL
% CAP
'96 AVG.
% +/-
'95 AVG.
% +/-
BAL
28
44,434
1,244,151
92%
43,696
+ 2%
43,034
+ 3%
CLE^
26
41,860
1,088,368
97%
41,575
+ 1%
40,039
+ 5%
SEA
29
37,461
1,086,360
63%
33,876
+11%
22,510
+66%
TEX
30
35,644
1,069,334
72%
31,693
+12%
27,582
+29%
TOR
31
30,300
939,303
60%
30,727
- 1%
39,257
-23%
NYY
29
26,259
761,525
46%
20,658
+27%
24,361
+ 8%
BOS
29
25,995
753,868
77%
26,199
- 1%
30,061
-14%
CHI
30
20,999
629,982
47%
19,026
+10%
22,673
- 7%
ANA^
29
19,857
575,856
58%
23,177
-14%
24,287
-18%
KC
30
19,294
578,821
47%
17,375
+11%
17,622
+ 9%
MIN^
34
18,264
620,959
38%
16,510
+11%
14,690
+24%
OAK^
28
15,117
423,275
35%
12,041
+26%
16,540
- 9%
MIL
29
14,352
416,200
27%
13,590
+ 6%
15,318
- 6%
DET^
29
13,982
405,465
30%
16,090
-13%
16,634
-16%
AL
411
25,775
10,593,467
55%
24,507
+ 5%
25,359
+ 2%
NOTES: (^) Oakland's first six home games in '96 were played at 9,300-seat Cashman Field in Las Vegas. Both Oakland and Cleveland have increased capacity slightly from '96, while Minnesota and Detroit have decreased capacity. Anaheim Stadium, currently being renovated, has capacity listed at 34,000, down from 64,406 in '96. The '96 comparison is of average attendance through the same number of dates. Due to the shortened '95 season, the '95 comparison is of final season average. -30-

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