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MLB rumors: League breaks attendance records on Father’s Day
MLB attendance has been through the roof all season and it reached a true high point over the weekend. Sunday was Father’s Day and fans flocked to stadiums around the country to celebrate. MLB PR has the numbers:
It was a Red-hot attendance weekend across all of @MLB:
— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) June 19, 2023
* Best-attended Sunday since 2008 with more than 600,000 fans.
* Best average attendance for a Sunday since 2014.
* First back-to-back weekends of more than 1.5 million fans since 2017. pic.twitter.com/tQvyxPZtpp
There has been a lot of debate over the last few years about the “state of baseball” in modern society. America’s pastime hasn’t always felt up to speed with the new generation and the league has made a concentrated effort to reach out to young and new audiences alike. While some efforts have been more successful and celebrated than others, it’s hard to deny the hard evidence.
And, take note: this is the league’s first time with consecutive weekends of at least 1.5 million fans since 2017. It’s not just a Father’s Day surge. The numbers are trending up on non-holiday weekends too.
Average attendance for every team shows a nice balance across the league: good, bad, and mediocre teams alike are getting butts in seats. Of course there is a heavy skew toward the bigger markets, but even the likes of Milwaukee, Colorado, San Francisco, and Seattle are drawing more than 25,000 fans per game.
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