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% |
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| 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-
