Canadian Football League teams averaged 28,193 fans per game during the ’12 regular season, marking the league’s best average since ’08. Attendance was up 1.5% compared to last season. The Edmonton Eskimos once again topped all teams at the gate, and have now led the CFL in attendance in each season since '02. After finishing last in attendance in '11, the Toronto Argonauts saw a league-best 18.3% jump at the gate this season. The Montreal Alouettes finished last in attendance, as the club saw a league-worst 6.7% drop at the gate. Below is a trend for CFL regular-season attendance from recent years, as well as team-by-team figures for the '12 season (THE DAILY).
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CFL REGULAR-SEASON ATTENDANCE TREND
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YEAR
|
AVERAGE
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YEAR
|
AVERAGE
|
|
'12
|
28,193
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'06
|
28,943
|
|
'11
|
27,185
|
'05
|
28,437
|
|
'10
|
27,146
|
'04
|
27,316
|
|
'09
|
28,054
|
'03
|
25,239
|
|
'08
|
28,550
|
'02
|
24,789
|
|
'07
|
29,167
|
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'12 CFL REGULAR SEASON ATTENDANCE
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| TEAM |
GMS
|
TOTAL
|
AVG.
|
PREV.
|
% +/-
|
'11 GMS
|
| Edmonton Eskimos |
9
|
308,866
|
34,318
|
34,625
|
-0.9%
|
9
|
| Saskatchewan Roughriders |
9
|
291,158
|
32,351
|
30,022
|
7.8%
|
9
|
| B.C. Lions |
9
|
273,204
|
30,356
|
29,725
|
2.1%
|
9
|
| Calgary Stampeders |
9
|
257,984
|
28,665
|
30,601
|
-6.3%
|
9
|
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
9
|
251,830
|
27,981
|
29,559
|
-5.3%
|
9
|
| Hamilton Tiger Cats |
9
|
231,515
|
25,724
|
23,676
|
8.6%
|
9
|
| Toronto Argonauts |
9
|
213,207
|
23,690
|
20,018
|
18.3%
|
9
|
| Montreal Alouettes |
9
|
202,111
|
22,457
|
24,058
|
-6.7%
|
9
|
| TOTALS |
72
|
2,029,875
|
28,193
|
27,785
|
1.5%
|
72
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