Mud Hens welcome 4,000,000th fan on Friday night
Published on August 29, 2008 under International League (IL1)
Toledo Mud Hens News Release
The Toledo Mud Hens are pleased to announce that the overall attendance in the history of Fifth Third Field surpassed four million on Friday, August 29 - the final home game of the season.
Fifth Third Field has set numerous milestones and records in the 2008 season, including reaching the 200th sell-out in the history of the park. Fifth Third Field has sold out 36 times this season - a new park record.
The Toledo Mud Hens broke an all-time Toledo attendance record by drawing 590,159 fans during the 2007 season.
Season-by-season attendance at Toledo's Fifth Third Field
2002-547,204 2003-517,331 2004-544,778 2005-556,995
2006-569,380 2007-590,159 2008-584,596 Total Playoff games-99,244
Total attendance = 4,009,687
Attendance milestones: 1 millionth fan - August 7, 2003 2 millionth fan - July 21, 2005 3 millionth fan - June 24, 2007
In addition, the International League is on the brink of setting a single season attendance record. The IL is averaging over 7,220 fans per opening this season, an increase of 3.5% from 2007. The 2002 season set the previous record of 6, 815,633 fans - 2002 was also the opening of Fifth Third Field. As of August 29, the IL has seen a total of 6,805,260 - roughly 10,000 fans shy of the record and with four days of play left, they are certain to break the record.
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