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Attendance

Year Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Total

1986

n/a

52,175

112,706

80,606

53,031

49,670

58,075

53,576

71,363

70,293

37,281

638,776

1987

n/a

64,877

107,464

86,873

58,392

67,388

49,331

48,230

59,881

119,531

43,038

705,005

1988

n/a

46,249

114,899

93,392

52,670

49,437

68,288

56,214

31,402

113,854

58,584

684,989

1989

n/a

50,330

115,510

86,635

53,715

38,119

52,247

40,096

65,103

98,122

54,061

653,938

1990

n/a

60,074

85,446

71,633

47,264

51,361

109,077

33,997

75,353

114,977

56,791

705,973

1991

n/a

53,869

110,920

67,441

41,890

51,594

89,856

55,666

73,578

112,582

53,277

710,673

1992

n/a

46,646

100,116

70,281

39,974

47,703

62,831

54,709

88,799

118,006

55,606

684,671

1993

n/a

73,448

83,573

58,207

45,768

48,377

58,633

45,781

69,094

119,448

62,861

665,190

1994

n/a

15,546

80,027

89,212

86,798

60,788

47,894

34,876

72,736

131,604

58,802

678,283

1995

n/a

42,479

69,279

89,237

43,358

56,257

58,686

93,179

47,796

130,092

68,940

699,303

1996

n/a

34,455

110,574

89,309

54,391

63,995

43,012

86,285

74,508

131,287

71,613

759,429

1997

n/a

44,106

54,500

28,736

56,008

65,099

82,675

57,399

77,299

136,939

31,379

634,140

1998

n/a

57,948

110,087

94,660

53,131

61,238

55,598

79,440

72,417

122,276

72,561

779,356

1999

n/a

49,812

104,352

19,762

55,650

57,779

26,276

89,598

87,812

136,832

79,574

707,447

2000

n/a

53,331

107,971

94,959

69,580

60,275

58,343

96,904

86,075

137,513

81,773

846,724

2001

n/a

47,940

77,747

46,540

51,921

54,116

57,330

84,975

84,538

113,450

76,620

695,177

2002

n/a

54,036

86,533

80,685

34,563

53,226

73,763

67,634

46,876

118,905

80,756

696,977

2003

n/a

61,364

115,016

97,655

54,579

65,923

64,152

96,614

78,855

129,589

70,208

833,955

2004

n/a

61,289

118,640

95,043

60,296

61,288

57,718

91,556

88,822

119,461

82,206

836,319

2005

n/a

52,201

103,512

90,153

52,983

59,945

61,306

92,233

81,722

111,634

90,241

795,930

2006

n/a

52,527

94,963

91,768

55,989

30,840

65,976

103,323

81,734

145,461

63,375

785,956

2007

n/a

57,798

102,325

93,473

63,032

69,817

75,746

88,801

63,231

145,955

98,433

858,611

2008 35,215 42,666
87,457
85,495 54,532 71,199 67,028 80,094 63,310 76,296 101,775
765,067

Attendance Averages & Records

 

Record Attendance

5-Year Average
2003-2007

10-year average
1998-2007

Historical Average
1988-2007

Friday

73,448
1993

57,036

54,825

51,477

Saturday

139,261
1984

106,891

102,115

98,462

Sunday

97,655
2003

93,618

80,470

78,012

Monday

86,798
1994

57,376

55,172

53,863

Tuesday

71,199
2008

57,563

57,445

55,647

Wednesday

109,077
1990

64,980

59,621

62,582

Thursday

103,323
2006

94,505

89,108

70,504

Friday

88,822
2004

78,873

77,208

71,772

Saturday

145,955
2007

130,420

128,108

121,719

Sunday

101,775
2008

80,893

79,575

65,817

Total

858,611
2007

822,154

783,645

729,856