Yankees draw record 4.26 million
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 19, 2007 
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This press release just came from the Yankees:
YANKEES SET SINGLE-SEASON TICKET SALES MARK AT YANKEE STADIUM; DRAW 4 MILLION FANS FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE SEASON
The Yankees announced that as of today, they have sold a franchise-record 4,262,761 tickets for the 2007 season, surpassing their previous paid-attendance record of 4,243,780 set in 2006.
Through the first 76 games played at Yankee Stadium this season, the Yankees lead the Major Leagues in total home attendance (4,000,924) and average home attendance (52,644), and have outdrawn the American League average by more than 21,000 fans per game. There have been 45 sellouts at Yankee Stadium thus far in 2007, including a stretch of 21 consecutive sellouts from 7/22-9/3.
This season marks the third consecutive year the Yankees have reached the 4 million mark in home attendance, joining the Toronto Blue Jays (1991-93) as the only other Major League team to accomplish the feat in three straight seasons. The Yankees have also seen their home attendance increase in each of the last seven seasons (2001-’07).
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Two things to add to that:
These numbers will be carefully noted by Scott Boras. The Yankees have a lot of money.
The Yankees are averaging 37,484 on the road, only 1,513 fewer than the Red Sox. This caused USA Today to proclaim the Red Sox the Kings of the Road earlier this season.
However, if you take away the nine games (and 494,874 fans) they played at Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox are averaging 36,881 on the road. If you take away the nine games (and 329,243 fans) the Yankees played at tiny Fenway Park, the Yankees are averaging 37,609 fans on the road.
In short, the Yankees play to the most fans at home and on the road. So far this season: 6,774,718 fans over 151 games, an average of 44,866.
Excellent points Pete. Besides. we all know where America’s team resides.
I don’t want the Yankees to be America’s team.
Very intelligent insights Pete.
Just – wow!
Screw America — the Yankees are New York’s team and we don’t want all these losers on our side. They can get their own teams…
amazing stats pete. must be so incredible for these guys to always play for big crowds.
Captain Obvouis moment: Thats a lot of people.
Good thing they’re tearing the old place down! When they’re selling out every game let’s build a new, smaller park so we can charge more for tickets!
You’re absolutely right, Pete. Sounds like USA Today didn’t consider all of the facts. And if the Red Sox are America’s team, then I’m moving to Spain!!
Next year, after the RS tank again, the RS Nation will be a THIRD WORLD Nation. Fans will be leaving them in droves. Watch and see.
Frank,
It’s all about luxury boxes.
Too bad the fans will be rewarded for their loyalty by being squeezed out of the new Yankee Stadium. Does anyone doubt for one second that the only season ticket holders that will be allowed to renew in the New Yankee Stadium will be those with full season plans? I have the sneaking suspicion that the partial plan holders (even those with decades of loyalty) will be told “Sorry, we are not allowing you to renew your license. You will be given priority for a full season package if you so desire.” This should be a story you keep your eye on Pete.
I heard from Mets season ticket holders, that the cross-town rivals have already made a similar decision. I would not put it past the Yankees to make a similar business decision.
Wow, just wait until Sterling gets wind of this!
We’ll hear about it every inning tonight.
Yankees as America’s Team? Sure – consider this:
Yankees baseball is about winning. Tradition. Being first class. All things which America herself stands for. Other teams, other cities WISH they were the Yankees [or the Big Apple, as the case may be]. The Yanks, and NYC, are the standards which other teams and other cities are judged against. Kinda makes sense, doesn’t it?
I had the pleasure to be one of those 4 million. I did my Richmond to Yankee Stadium for a 1:00pm game and then back to Richmond in a day trip in May (when the Rangers absolutely pounded us, but hey, I saw someone hit a grand slam) and the Stadium was much more beautiful than I remember. That was actually the first game I’ve seen them lose in person.
The last time I had been to Yankee Stadium was to watch the 1999 championship squad play the As.
I would absolutely LOVE to go to the All-Star game this year.
The best way to actually show this would be to calculate an average for each ballpark in attendance with a standard deviation. Then see how much the standard deviation is above the avg for fan attendance when RedSox/Yankees come to play.
Take an average of the standard deviations and done. Yankees should come out with a higher std dev, but probably not by much.
But that’s a lot of work that only a true number cruncher would want to do.
This is the best way because then you could add in the draw power of each team at the other’s ballpark.
I thought people were losing interest in baseball. “Smart Money” magazine says so in the October issue. Ken Burns’ “Baseball” TV series traces it back to a Cincinnati newspaper in 1871. Mets fans will tell you how they are “New York’s team” even though the Yankees outdraw them and have a franchise valuation of $1.2 billion vs $700 million.
The worst thing about opening a new but smaller stadium, is the fact that most of the decrease will come from general admittance, not from reserved or box seats..When some of you are turned away from getting in to see the top teams in 2009, you’ll know exactly what I’m saying…Sad.