Week five average attendance third-highest all time
Published on February 28, 2005 under Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
NEW YORK â Attendance for the fifth week of the 2005 AFL season included two sellouts and averaged 13,545, making it the AFL's third-highest weekend of all time and the highest Week 5 ever.
The 13,545 average was up 13 percent vs. the 2004 season average (12,024) and 2005's five-week cumulative average of 12,812 is up seven percent vs. 2004's season average.
The Nashville Kats (16,420) and the New Orleans VooDoo (16,503) recorded sell outs.
The top five all-time average attendance weeks:
1. 2004 Week 1 - 14,306
2. 2005 Week 2 - 13,965
3. 2005 Week 5- 13,545
4. 2004 Week 4 - 13,112
5. 2003 Week 1 - 13,065
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