Cardinals’ Attendance is Down (and What That Means For…..

We are aware that this season is low. That has been clear from the stands the entire season. There was some optimism earlier in the summer that people would show up as the weather warmed up, the schools got out, and the Cardinals started to play better.

Has it taken place? The short response is no.

The Cardinals have played 58 games at home and 58 games away as of this Friday afternoon. That will come in handy for our calculations in a moment. Their current “attendance” record stands at 2,108,044. According to Baseball Reference, “attendance” is defined as “tickets sold in home games.” That’s the same number that’s stated at the games, but it doesn’t matter for our purposes. Rarely is it the precise amount of

The Cardinals have long talked about 3 million tickets sold as a kind of “magic number” in relation to attendance. The team hopes to fit that many people into Busc each year.

It’s probably best to discuss that as “3 million” at the very least rather than “3 million.” The average annual attendance of the Cardinals exceeds 3 million by a considerable margin.

In case you were unaware, the Cardinals had a poor season last year in terms of the standings. Their record was 71-91. It was difficult to watch them. They completed sales by the deadline. At the end of the season, they put half of their regulars on the injured list. Even yet, the ’23 squad’s paid attendance figure was respectable. 3,241,091 spectators were present at the last count. 3.2 million fans.