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Crowd pleasers

A sampling of attendance for various events since 1998

10,864

WNBA average attendance for the 1998 regular season

 

59,238

NCAA women’s basketball, March 29-31, 2002, Women’s Final Four overall attendance, Alamodome, San Antonio

 

78,129

NCAA men’s basketball, Dec. 13, 2003, Kentucky vs. Michigan State, Ford Field, Detroit

 

721,059

Tennis, Aug. 31-Sept. 14, 2009, total crowd for the U.S. Open

 

105,121

NFL, Sept. 20, 2009, Cowboys vs. Giants, Cowboys Stadium (AT&T Stadium)

 

72,546

NCAA hockey, April 8-10, 2010, combined turnout for all three games for the Frozen Four, Ford Field, Detroit

 

105,491

NHL, Jan. 1, 2014, Maple Leafs vs. Red Wings, Michigan Stadium, University of Michigan

 

52,918

FIFA, June-July 2014, average attendance for 64 World Cup matches in Brazil

 

467,964

Little League, August 2014, overall attendance record for the Little League World Series

 

61,500

Rugby, Nov. 1, 2014, New Zealand All Blacks vs. the U.S., Soldier Field, Chicago

 

 

170,513

Horse racing, May 2, 2015, Kentucky Derby, a record for the event

 

22,000

Esports, Aug. 22-23, 2015, North American “League of Legends” Championship, Madison Square Garden

 

56,214

UFC 193, Nov. 14, 2015, Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia

 

101,763

WWE, April 3, 2016, WrestleMania 32, AT&T Stadium

 

350,000

IndyCar, May 29, 2016, 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500

 

156,990

NCAA football, Sept. 10, 2016, Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech, Bristol Motor Speedway

 

216,818

Golf, Feb. 3, 2018, third round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, largest single day crowd in golf history

 

101,000

NASCAR, Feb. 18, 2018, third consecutive sellout for the Daytona 500

 

46,046

Professional Bull Riders, Feb. 26, 2018, AT&T Stadium

 

72,035

MLS, March 11, 2018, Atlanta United vs. D.C. United, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta

 

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