2007 Cumulative Attendance Surpasses Two Million
July 17, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
NEW YORK - For the first time in its history, the Arena Football League surpassed the two-million mark for cumulative attendance (regular-season, postseason and ArenaBowl) in a single season.
With the regular season and 10 postseason games completed, the current cumulative attendance stands at 2,005,834, breaking the previous record of 1,919,989 set during the 2004 season by more than 85,000 with a sold out ArenaBowl XXI remaining on July 29 at 3 p.m. ET (ESPN on ABC - HD).
Following are the top-five cumulative attendance seasons in AFL history:
RANK YEAR REGULAR SEASON POSTSEASON TOTAL
1.* 2007 1,887,054 118,780 2,005,834
2. 2004 1,827,579 92,410 1,919,989
3. 2006 1,782,475 125,980 1,908,455
4. 2005 1,750,578 82,786 1,833,364
5. 2003 1,458,830 128,582 1,587,412
*ArenaBowl XXI remaining
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