Double Clutch
Years ago
Sixer crowd figures
Sixer crowd figures are on the rise this year. Today the official Sixers site has a statement claiming that the Sixers are averaging 5,500 fans to games this season.
In reality, the Sixers biggest crowd this year is only 5,375 against Wollongong. The real crowd average so far this year is 4,893 which is an increase of 124 people per game on last year's end figure. In reality this is more impressive than first thought as crowds increased last year as it got closer to Christmas with the biggest crowd last year being 5,600 against Brisbane (don't have last year's exact figures to back this up). This year's figure is down 588 people per game on the 2003/04 season average.
While the 36ers are moving in the right direction, and are getting people back to the game, I thought I might just fix what is a bit of a stupid claim on the official site. The Sixers should push 6,000 at some point and hopefully by finals time 6,500 should be attainable.
Just couldn't let the fact slip by that their claimed average is bigger than the highest attendence this year thus far.
