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THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY TURNSTILE TRACKER

     TODAY:  Final AHL Regular Season Attendance              
1998
 
COMPARISONS
TEAM
HOME
DATES
AVG.
TOTAL
'97 AVG.
% +/-
Philadelphia
40
11,809
472,392
9,182
+28.6%
Kentucky
40
7,847
313,894
7,608
+ 3.1%
Hartford^
40
7,017
280,713
4,018
+74.6%
Worcester
40
6,555
262,222
6,800
- 3.6%
Hershey
40
6,352
254,097
6,126
+ 3.7%
Rochester
40
6,341
253,659
5,786
+ 9.6%
Providence
40
6,192
247,688
7,208
-14.1%
Syracuse
40
5,464
218,588
5,809
- 5.9%
Springfield
40
5,206
208,251
4,883
+ 6.6%
Portland
40
4,970
198,830
5,714
-13.0%
Hamilton
40
4,944
197,791
4,167
+18.6%
Saint John
40
4,806
192,269
5,305
- 9.4%
Albany
40
4,584
183,381
5,031
- 8.9%
Cincinnati^
40
4,554
182,174
3,018
+50.9%
New Haven^
40
4,486
179,471
n/a
n/a
Adirondack
40
3,709
148,363
4,122
-10.0%
Fredericton
40
3,641
145,660
2,850
+27.8%
St. John's
40
3,217
128,710
3,266
- 1.5%
LEAGUE
720
5,650
4,068,153
5,282
+ 7.0%

 

NOTES: The AHL set league records for the '97-98 season for average and total attendance, drawing four million fans for the first time. Eight teams established attendance records, led by Philadelphia, which set league records for a team in total and average attendance. (^): The Beast of New Haven played its inaugural season, while the Carolina Monarchs became dormant after the '96-97 season. The Binghamton Rangers relocated to Hartford and were renamed the Wolf Pack. The Baltimore Bandits moved to Cincinnati as the Mighty Ducks, the NHL team's affiliate. -30-

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