Colorado Mammoth Lead NLL To 1.8% Attendance Growth
The NLL averaged 10,475 fans per game this season, up 1.8% from '06-07. The Colorado Mammoth once again led the league in average attendance with 17,464 fans per game, which was up 4.0% from last season. The Mammoth also averaged more fans per game than their Pepsi Center co-tenants, the Avalanche and Nuggets, who averaged 16,843 and 17,365 fans per game, respectively. The Minnesota Swarm saw the biggest increase in average attendance, up 21.3% at Xcel Energy Center. With the NLL Championship between the Lumberjax and Bandits set for HSBC Arena this Saturday, the following presents NLL regular-season attendance, with comparisons to last season (THE DAILY).
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NLL REGULAR-SEASON ATTENDANCE
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TEAM
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TOTAL
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GMS
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AVG.
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'06-07 AVG.
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% +/-
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'06-07 GMS
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Colorado Mammoth
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139,719
|
8
|
17,464
|
16,794
|
4.0%
|
8
|
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Buffalo Bandits
|
135,120
|
9
|
15,013
|
15,040
|
-0.2%
|
8
|
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Toronto Rock
|
131,149
|
9
|
14,572
|
15,851
|
-8.1%
|
8
|
| Calgary Roughnecks |
97,690
|
8
|
12,211
|
12,707
|
-3.9%
|
8
|
| Philadelphia Wings |
92,846
|
8
|
11,605
|
11,318
|
2.5%
|
8
|
| Minnesota Swarm |
91,247
|
8
|
11,405
|
9,405
|
21.3%
|
8
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| Rochester Knighthawks |
79,217
|
8
|
9,902
|
9,951
|
-0.5%
|
8
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| Edmonton Rush |
70,564
|
8
|
8,820
|
10,815
|
-18.4%
|
8
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| Portland Lumberjax |
64,837
|
8
|
8,104
|
7,527
|
7.7%
|
8
|
| New York Titans |
39,055
|
6
|
6,509
|
7,657
|
-15.0%
|
8
|
| Chicago Shamrox |
39,712
|
8
|
4,964
|
6,025
|
-17.6%
|
8
|
| San Jose Stealth |
24,477
|
8
|
3,059
|
4,676
|
-34.6%
|
8
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| TOTALS |
1,005,633
|
96
|
10,475
|
10,293
|
1.8%
|
104
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NOTE: '06-07 figures include the Arizona Sting, who opted out of playing the current season when a collective bargaining agreement wasn't agreed upon before the scheduled start of the regular season.
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