TODAY: Final NBA Western Conference Announced Attendance
TEAM DATES '99 AVG. TOTAL CAP '98 AVG. %+/- '97 AVG. %+/-
SAN 41 21,694 889,444 106% 21,094 +2.8% 19,108 +13.5%
POR 41 20,368 835,068 102% 19,462 +4.7% 20,576 -1.0%
UTA 41 19,543 801,268 98% 19,725 -0.9% 19,899 -1.8%
PHO 41 18,856 773,115 99% 18,891 -0.2% 19,023 -0.9%
LAL 41 18,815 771,410 99% 17,200 +9.4% 16,877 +11.5%
SAC 41 17,562 720,033 101% 16,750 +4.8% 14,766 +18.9%
MIN 41 16,830 690,011 89% 17,119 -1.7% 18,013 -6.6%
DEN 41 15,554 637,718 81% 11,879 +30.9% 11,799 +31.8%
HOU 41 15,234 624,594 94% 16,285 -6.5% 16,285 -6.5%
SEA 41 15,018 615,730 88% 17,072 -12.0% 17,072 -12.0%
DAL 41 14,785 606,177 81% 14,513 +1.9% 13,208 +11.9%
VAN 41 13,899 569,864 72% 16,719 -16.9% 16,108 -13.7%
LAC 41 13,652 559,714 72% 10,263 +33.0% 9,968 +37.0%
GST 41 12,418 509,152 63% 13,433 -7.6% 12,201 +1.8%
TOTAL 574 16,730 9,603,298 89% 16,458 +1.7% 16,065 +4.1%
NBA 1189 16,870 20,058,513 87% 16,738 +0.8% 17,133 -1.5%
NOTES: The Lakers played their first season at Staples
Center (capacity 18,997). The Lakers played at the Great
Western Forum (capacity 17,505) in '97 and '98. The Clippers
also played their first season at Staples Center (capacity
18,964). The Clippers played at the L.A. Memorial Sports
Arena (capacity 16,021) and the Pond at Anaheim (capacity
18,211) in '97 and '98. The Nuggets played their first
season at the Pepsi Center (capacity 19,099). The Nuggets
played at McNichols Sports Arena (capacity 17,171) in '97
and '98. The T'Wolves and Kings opened their season at the
Tokyo Dome in Japan, where the Kings drew 32,623 on November
5, and the T'Wolves drew 34,013 on November 6. Without the
Tokyo home game, the Kings would have averaged 17,185, up
2.6% from '98 and 16.4% from '97. The T'Wolves would have
averaged 16,400, down 4.2% for '98 and down 9.0% for '97.
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