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).

'12 MLL REGULAR-SEASON ATTENDANCE
TEAM	GMS	TOTAL	AVG.	PREV.	% +/-	GMS ('11)
Boston Cannons	7	67,534	9,648	8,661	11.4%	6
Chesapeake Bayhawks	7	66,668	9,524	8,161	16.7%	6
Denver Outlaws	7	59,471	8,496	12,331	-31.1%	6
Charlotte Hounds*	7	39,988	5,713	n/a	n/a	n/a
Rochester Rattlers	7	25,548	3,650	4,307	-15.3%	6
Ohio Machine*	7	24,876	3,554	n/a	n/a	n/a
Long Island Lizards	7	17,147	2,450	3,827	-36.0%	6
Hamilton Nationals	7	12,864	1,838	1,214	51.4%	6
MLL TOTALS	56	314,096	5,609	6,417	-12.6%	36

NOTE: * = Expansion club.