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THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY TURNSTILE TRACKER

     TODAY:  MLB National League Attendance Through September 21
'97 YEAR-TO-DATE
COMPARISONS
TEAM
HOME DATES
AVG.
TOTAL
% CAP
'96 AVG.
% +/-
'95 AVG.
% +/-
COL
75
48,000
3,600,034
96%
48,035
0%
47,084
+ 2%
ATL^
80
42,784
3,422,720
86%
35,652
+20%
35,581
+20%
LA
79
40,937
3,233,991
73%
39,016
+ 5%
38,420
+ 7%
STL^
75
32,752
2,456,371
66%
32,168
+ 2%
24,399
+34%
FLA
79
29,559
2,335,153
71%
21,786
+36%
24,292
+22%
CHI
79
27,725
2,190,308
71%
28,090
- 1%
27,018
+ 3%
SD
79
26,155
2,067,107
56%
26,983
- 3%
14,673
+78%
HOU
75
24,608
1,845,622
45%
24,275
+ 1%
19,208
+28%
CIN
79
22,385
1,768,377
42%
23,562
- 5%
25,882
-14%
NYM
73
22,710
1,657,797
41%
20,479
+11%
17,932
+27%
PIT
79
20,748
1,639,103
43%
16,863
+23%
12,936
+60%
SF
77
20,184
1,554,193
32%
17,368
+16%
17,243
+17%
MON
75
18,925
1,419,387
41%
19,472
- 3%
18,189
+ 4%
PHI
71
19,470
1,382,392
31%
23,402
-17%
28,783
-32%
NL
1075
28,440
30,572,555
56%
26,968
+ 5%
25,161
+13%
NOTES: (^) The Braves are in their first year at Turner Field which has a capacity of 50,000, down from 52,769 at Fulton County Stadium in '96. St. Louis has slightly decreased capacity since '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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