:: A-League Attendance - 1997-2001 ::


: Attendance Figures 1997-2001 :


Below is the A-league attendance data for the years 1997-2001. Again, the purple figures represent an average increase over the previous year and the red figures represent an average decrease.

The data for the current 2002 A-league season can be found here.


1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
team
HGP
total
ave.
HGP
total
ave.
%
HGP
total
ave.
%
HGP
total
ave.
%
HGP
total
ave.
%
Atlanta
14
33,687
2,406
14
12,920
923
-61.6%
14
37,842
2,703
192.9%
14
42,189
3,014
11.5%
14
27,167
1,941
-35.6%
Boston (Wor)
14
21,545
1,539
14
4,477
320
-79.2%
14
7,661
547
71.1%
14
9,269
662
21.0%
California
14
9,780
699
15
21,414
1,428
104.4%
Carolina
14
36,747
2,625
Charleston
14
24,320
1,737
14
26.541
1,896
9.1%
14
49,576
3,541
86.8%
14
48,795
3,485
-1.6%
15
46,248
3,083
-11.5%
Charlotte
15
22,646
1,510
n/a
Cincinnati
9
12,114
1,346
15
24,367
1,624
20.7%
15
13,549
903
-44.4%
15
7,550
503
-44.3%
15
13,138
876
74.0%
Colorado
14
13,759
983
Connecticut
14
34,825
2,488
15
36,786
2,452
-1.4%
14
17,171
1,227
-50.0%
14
18,555
1,325
8.1%
15
29,784
1,986
49.8
El Paso
14
38,226
2,730
15
55,375
3,692
35.2%
15
34,152
2,277
-38.3%
15
49,236
3,282
44.2%
15
45,269
3,018
-8.1%
Hampton Roads
14
30,484
2,177
n/a
15
36,911
2,461
13.0%
14
35,748
2,553
3.8%
Hershey
14
43,932
3,138
14
53,118
3,794
20.9%
14
55,696
3,978
4.9%
15
35,904
2,394
-39.8%
15
43,658
2,911
21.6
Indiana
15
27,991
1,866
n/a
15
26,431
1,762
-5.6%
15
28,967
1,931
9.6%
Jacksonville
14
29,394
2,100
14
16,334
1,167
-44.4%
14
10,534
752
-35.5%
Lehigh Valley
14
13,339
953
n/a
Long Island
14
58,052
4,147
14
43,999
3,143
-24.2%
14
39,028
2,788
-11.3%
13
25,648
1,973
-29.2%
13
14,268
1,098
-44.4%
Maryland
14
6,570
469
n/a
Milwaukee
14
44,307
3,165
15
47,638
3,176
0.4%
15
48,289
3,219
1.4%
15
56,025
3,735
16.0%
15
40,234
2,682
-28.2%
Minnesota
14
53,933
3,852
15
53,146
3,543
-8.0%
15
46,886
3,126
-11.8%
15
53,813
3,588
14.8%
15
52,675
3,512
-2.1%
Montreal
14
70,924
5,066
15
60,117
4,008
-20.9%
15
35,069
2,338
n/a
13
27,340
2,103
-10.0%
New Orleans
14
15,226
1,088
15
31,096
2,073
90.6%
15
27,110
1,807
-12.8%
Orange County
14
17,898
1,278
15
7,985
532
-58.4%
15
14,707
980
84.2%
15
17,341
1,156
17.9%
Orlando
14
21,196
1,514
Pittsburgh
14
58,492
4,178
n/a
14
53,308
3,808
-8.9%
15
48,390
3,226
-15.3%
Portland
15
89,612
5,974
n/a
Raleigh
14
25,521
1,823
14
9,183
656
-64.0%
14
20,824
1,487
126.8%
14
12,903
922
-38.0%
Richmond
14
26,948
1,925
14
35,380
2,527
31.3%
14
34,836
2,488
-1.5%
15
32,874
2,192
-11.9%
15
36,542
2,436
11.2%
Rochester
14
149,491
10,677
16
183,980
11,499
7.7%
14
161,718
11,551
0.5%
15
174,426
11,628
0.7%
16
172,480
10,780
-7.3%
Sacramento
10
10,102
1,010
15
18,556
1,237
22.5%
14
4,452
318
-74.3%
San Diego
15
46,239
3,083
n/a
15
36,939
2,463
-20.1%
15
41,802
2,787
13.2%
15
8,698
580
-79.2%
San Francisco
11
4,032
367
15
6,399
427
16.4%
15
13,070
871
104.3%
15
14,287
952
9.3%
Seattle
14
40,221
2,873
15
43,535
2,902
1.0%
15
33,645
2,243
-22.7%
14
29,997
2,143
-4.5%
15
28,271
1,885
-12.0%
Staten Island
11
16,545
1,504
n/a
14
20,813
1,487
-1.2%
Tennessee (Nash)
14
22,848
1,632
15
18,651
1,243
-23.8%
15
15,954
1,064
-14.5%
15
13,115
874
-17.8%
14
20,261
1,447
65.5%
Toronto
14
21,533
1,538
14
25,204
1,800
17.0%
14
38,422
2,744
52.4%
15
38,683
2,579
-6.0%
13
36,340
2,795
8.4%
Vancouver
14
49,812
3,558
15
62,776
4,185
17.6%
15
68,386
4,559
8.9%
15
59,378
3,959
-13.2%
13
72,050
5,542
40.0%
totals
366
930,363
2,542
392
992,245
2,531
-0.4%
419
994,563
2,374
-6.2%
350
932,346
2,664
12.2%
306
904,038
2,954
10.9%