KC Royals: Will 2015 Set New Attendance Record
By Alec Tilson
The KC Royals home ticket sales reached two million after Friday’s game against the Angels, a mark that hasn’t been reached since the 1991 season, according to KSHB 41 Action News.
Ticket sales and attendance this season are approaching some all-time numbers.
This season, the Royals rank fourth in the American League in per-game attendance at home, and there’s no signs of that number slowing down. If the trend continues, the 2015 Royals attendance will set a new franchise record.
From KSHB 41 Action News:
"The current record is 2,477,700 set back in 1989. The team is on pace to reach that mark with a half dozen home games to spare.This season’s attendance per game is just under 3,000 higher than any year in Royals history."
Historically, this is unheard of.
The Royals have ranked tenth or worse among A.L. per-game attendance for 22 straight seasons. The last time the Royals finished in the top ten (again, just in the A.L.), happened when the yard was still called Royals Stadium, way back in 1992.
Last season, home games at Kauffman Stadium averaged 24,154 per game. This season, home games at Kuffman Stadium average 33,461 per game.
The Royals have been tenth or worse among A.L. per-game attendance for 22 straight seasons.
That’s an average of 9,307 more Royals fans per game this season as Royals’ fever is full-blown viral.
Last season, the Royals packed 1,956,482 fans at home throughout the 81-game home season, but didn’t quite reach the two million plateau. That may sound like a good number, but that ranked 11th out of 15 A.L. teams, according to Baseball-Reference.com.
We’ve already passed that number this year, and there’s still 20 home games left, including today’s game. That includes home series against playoff hopeful Baltimore Orioles, all four foes in the A.L. Central, and the Seattle Mariners.
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Not surprisingly, the Royals are one of the toughest home teams in all of baseball, and it’s got to be partly due to the energy KC Royals fans have brought all season.
The Royals are 40-20 at home this season. The idea that the division might have to come through Kansas City in the postseason only makes the Royals a stronger contender.
As has been the case since Opening Day, the Royals are the biggest ticket in Kansas City.
Royals fans have packed Kauffman Stadium all season. Whether it’s a rainy Wednesday night in May against the N.L.’s Cincinnati Reds, when 30,450 Royals fans came out, or a sunny Sunday afternoon against the Texas Rangers, when 38,202 Royals fans came out, the K has been rocking this season.