MLB All-Star FanFest Attendance In Cincinnati Rivals N.Y. Levels

MLB said it ended the ’15 T-Mobile All-Star FanFest in Cincinnati with an attendance of 123,312, a 7% increase from last year’s event in Minneapolis and the fifth-largest attendance in its 25-year history. Cincinnati is MLB’s smallest media market, but this year’s FanFest was aided in part by the close proximity between Great American Ball Park and the Duke Energy Convention Center, site of FanFest, to create a critical mass of activity. As a result, the figure neared the ’13 FanFest draw of 129,849 in N.Y.

Meanwhile, All-Star Game events on Sunday-Tuesday at Great American Ball Park drew a total attendance of 130,904. The sum is the second-highest three-game total in the facility’s 12-year history, trailing only a total of 133,018 for Games 3-5 of the ’12 NLDS.