Attendance record For the sixth straight year, the NFL set a paid attendance record, led by the Washington Redskins. Attendance surpassed 22 million for the second successive season, with 22,256,502 fans paying their way into games, an increase of 56,790 over 2006. The 2007 NFL regular-season total paid attendance of 17,345,205 and the average of 67,755 per game were both records. And 4,119,278 tickets were sold for 65 preseason games, an average of 63,374. Twelve postseason games drew 792,019 fans, including 71,101 for the Super Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The Redskins, who have the league's largest stadium, FedEx Field, led in regular-season home paid attendance for the eighth consecutive season. The Redskins drew 711,471, an NFL mark. Three other teams topped 600,000 in paid home attendance: the New York Giants (629,391), Kansas City Chiefs (622,541) and New York Jets (616,756). Eleven teams drew more than 1.1 million in paid attendance home and away during the regular season, led by Washington (1,264,890). The others were the Giants (1,187,915), Jets (1,171,564), Miami Dolphins (1,156,762), Chiefs (1,145,938), New England Patriots (1,131,027), Buffalo Bills (1,129,052), Denver Broncos (1,120,996), Philadelphia Eagles (1,120,090), Green Bay Packers (1,112,753) and Carolina Panthers (1,100,147).
22,256,502 tics times $100 per tic = $2,225,650,200. figure another $50 per tic for parking, beer, munchies, merchandise = $1,112,825,100. That's a total of $3,338,475,300 (almost 3 and a half BILLION dollars) from fans just on game day alone ($104M per team). how can i buy me one of them there teams?
I think they should say ticket sales instead of attendance because that stadium looked empty for a lot of games last season. Attendance means the people are actually there. Unless they all just hung out at gate D ...
I'm sure the actual attendance had alot to do with the off season spending spree... New stadium on the way, recession, empty seats are not a good sign, I don't care how long the free waitlist is, two more seasons like last one coupled with PSL's and increased prices will not fly.
Not quite, the skins have a bigger stadium and they have a packed house EVERY sunday no matter how bad they are. I have been to atleast a dozen skins games over the last 10 years and it has always been that way.
Chump change. Ticket sales only account for 1/3 of the revenue these teams make. 2/3 come from the TV contracts.
