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Minor League Baseball Sees Less Than 1% Attendance Drop In April

By Eric Fisher, Staff Writer, SportsBusiness Journal

 
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) posted an average attendance of 3,720 per game across the affiliated minors during the month of April, 0.7% below the same mark for April '08. Despite a later-than-usual start to this season, MiLB surpassed 5 million in total April attendance for the ninth-straight year with a total of 5.26 million for 1,414 games. Total April attendance last year was 6.67 million for 1,780 games. Six of the 11 full-season leagues this year showed year-over-year attendance growth, led by a 23.1% spike in the Class A Florida State League. "While our overall attendance is below a year ago, we are encouraged that the opening-for-opening attendance is off only a fraction of one percentage point," said MiLB President Pat O'Conner.

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