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MLL Attendance Down 12.6% From Record-Setting Figure Last Season
Major League Lacrosse averaged 5,609 fans per game during the '12 regular season, down 12.6% from last season's record-setting figure. The '12 average is still up from two seasons ago. The Boston Cannons led the league in attendance this season, marking the first time a club other than the Denver Outlaws has led MLL at the gate since '06. Despite a first-place finish in the regular season standings, the Outlaws saw attendance drop 31.1% from last season's MLL-record 12,331 fans per game. Listed below is team-by-team attendance for MLL during the '12 season, with comparisons to last season (THE DAILY).
NOTE: * = Expansion club.'12 MLL REGULAR-SEASON ATTENDANCETEAM GMSTOTALAVG.PREV.% +/-GMS ('11)Boston Cannons 767,5349,6488,66111.4%6Chesapeake Bayhawks 766,6689,5248,16116.7%6Denver Outlaws 759,4718,49612,331-31.1%6Charlotte Hounds* 739,9885,713n/an/an/aRochester Rattlers 725,5483,6504,307-15.3%6Ohio Machine* 724,8763,554n/an/an/aLong Island Lizards 717,1472,4503,827-36.0%6Hamilton Nationals 712,8641,8381,21451.4%6MLL TOTALS 56314,0965,6096,417-12.6%36
