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PWHL's expansion Seattle team breaks attendance record
The Seattle Torrent needed just one home game to make history.,The PWHL expansion team drew a crowd of 16,014 to its game against the Minnesota Frost on Friday, shattering the U.S. record for the highest attendance at a professional women's hockey game.,The old mark of 14,288 was established earlier...

Report: NWSL attendance drops 5% in 2025
The NWSL's 182-game regular season in 2025 drew an average of 10,669 fans, which was down 5% from last year's record high, according to a report by the Sports Business Journal.,The Portland Thorns FC passed last year's leader, Angel City FC, with a league-best average of 18,173 fans per match. By co...

Crawford-Alvarez blows away Las Vegas attendance record
Terence Crawford made a mark for himself Saturday by becoming the first undisputed three-division champion in modern boxing history, but that wasn't the only record set that night in Las Vegas.,The attendance at Allegiant Stadium for the bout between Crawford and the sport's biggest star, Mexico's C...

WNBA breaks single-season attendance record
With three weeks left in the regular season, the WNBA already has broken the single-season attendance record by surpassing 2.5 million fans, the league confirmed Thursday.,The total attendance so far of 2,501,609 was set with 13 teams playing a total of 226 games through Wednesday.,The previous reco...

Bay Area FC aim to break NWSL single-game attendance mark
Bay City FC are on pace to set a new NWSL single-game attendance record when they face the Washington Spirit on Saturday night at Oracle Park in San Francisco.,Bay City has sold 35,000 tickets at midweek and is in position to surpass the mark of 35,038 set by the Chicago Red Stars when they hosted B...

After early low attendance, Atlanta fans turn out at CWC
ATLANTA -- At a FIFA Club World Cup match on June 19, Lionel Messi -- arguably the greatest player in the history of the sport -- scored a go-ahead free kick to give Inter Miami a 2-1 victory over FC Porto. ,While Messi delivering a winning goal is not surprising, what is unexpected is that the matc...

Report: Club World Cup averaging 34,770 fans through group stage
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup posted an average attendance of 34,770 through its group stage of matches headed into the knockout stages, according to a Friday report from Sports Business Journal.,Taking place in the United States this year, many of the games were hosted in larger venues, mainly NFL s...

Women's NCAA tourney attendance down 30% from record '24
The women's NCAA Tournament is chock full of new stars, but attendance through the first two rounds has dropped significantly minus last year's household names including Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.,It was always going to be difficult to match last year's record numbers, which saw a total of 292,4...

NWSL sees 6 percent increase in setting new attendance record
The NWSL set a new attendance record in 2024, according to a report from Sports Business Journal, as clubs averaged 11,250 fans in attendance, a six percent increase compared to the previous year.,This year, the league expanded to 14 teams, up from 12 in 2023, giving it an even bigger boost in overa...

MLS breaks attendance record with more than 11M fans
Major League Soccer has surpassed 11 million fans to break the league's regular season attendance record.,With 16 regular-season matches remaining, MLS already has eclipsed the mark of 10,900,804 set last season.,Announcing the record on Monday, the league credited the recent arrivals of such intern...

MLB attendance highest since 2017 season
Major League Baseball finished the 2024 regular season with its highest total attendance since 2017, the league announced Tuesday.,MLB also experienced increases in TV viewership, streaming and fan engagement, which the league attributed in part to quicker games -- the 2:36 average was the shortest ...

WNBA: Regular season attendance up 48 percent
WNBA regular-season attendance was up 48 percent over the 2023 season, the league announced Friday.,The WNBA averaged 9,807 fans per game in 2024, a hefty increase from last season's 6,615 per game.,The league said 2,353,735 fans attended WNBA games, the most in 22 years.,WNBA teams combined for 154...
