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SBD/Issue 64/The Back of the Book
Turnstile Tracker: Volleyball, Extreme Sports Draw Big
Published December 13, 2001
The following is Part XI of THE DAILY's "Turnstile Tracker," which estimates that over 450 million people attended sporting events in the U.S. and Canada during the '00-01 sports year. Presented today are the regular season, championship and all-star game figures for various leagues. While a few of the numbers are not exact, they do serve as the most detailed estimates of the number of attendees of these leagues during the '00-01 sporting year (THE DAILY).
| VOLLEYBALL | REGULAR- SEASON | CHAMPION/ PLAYOFFS | ALL-STAR/ OTHER | GRAND TOTALS |
| NCAA (men's & women's) | 1,315,464 | 123,720 | n/a | 1,439,184 |
| Pro Beach | 325,000 | n/a | n/a | 325,000 |
| EXTREME SPORTS | ||||
| Aggressive Skating | 1,200,000 | n/a | n/a | 1,200,000 |
| Gravity Games | 368,100 | n/a | n/a | 368,100 |
| X Games | 286,000 | n/a | n/a | 286,000 |
| Gorge Games | 32,000 | n/a | n/a | 32,000 |
| LACROSSE | ||||
| NLL | 507,391 | 45,499 | n/a | 552,890 |
| NCAA (men's & women's) | n/a | 158,831 | n/a | 158,831 |
| SOFTBALL | ||||
| NCAA (women's) | 413,520 | 81,457 | n/a | 494,977 |
| WPSL | 54,400 | 1,700 | 23,320 | 79,420 |
| BOWLING | ||||
| PBA, Regionals, Sr. PBA | 446,000 | n/a | n/a | 446,000 |
| WPBA, Regionals | 50,000 | n/a | n/a | 50,000 |
| CURLING | ||||
| Canadian Totals | 300,793 | n/a | n/a | 300,793 |
| U.S. Totals | 74,350 | n/a | n/a | 74,350 |
| FIGURE SKATING | ||||
| U.S. Amateur | 156,032 | n/a | n/a | 156,032 |
| Canadian Amateur | 99,693 | n/a | n/a | 99,693 |
NOTES: Figures for the Division I, II and III NCAA women's volleyball championships are from '99-00. NCAA women's volleyball regular season attendance consists of 49 Division I, 52 Division II and 25 Division III teams (minimum of 5 home games). NCAA Division I, II and III men's and women's lacrosse championships are '99-00 numbers (No Division II women). NCAA softball regular season attendance numbers include the top 40 Division I teams, top 25 Division II teams and top 20 Division III teams. NCAA Division I, II and III softball championships are '99-'00 numbers (THE DAILY).
