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Originally Posted by RedDread
Wow, wonder what the lowest attendance for a MLB game is all time. To Google!
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Ever gone to a sporting event and wondered how the team could survive with so little fans in the stands? Even when this thought crosses your mind, there are usually at least a couple thousand people there. Imagine going to a game and seeing only a few hundred!
How could this happen? In 2011, The Florida Marlins played the Cincinnati Reds and broke the record for the least amount of people at an MLB game. The previous record had been set in 1979 at an Oakland Athletics game with only 653 people. The reason only 347 people turned out was because of Hurricane Irene.
Many of those who had purchased tickets decided to flee the area and save their belongings from the potential damage than attend a sporting event. Justin Cohen, a fan at the game, counted five sections with only three or four people in them and three that were completely empty!
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I went to a Jays/Royals game back in Toronto during the SARS outbreak there 10 years ago. There was probably only a few thousand there (although they likely listed it as more considering the attendance figures were based on who bought tickets back then, not who showed up). And by the 9th, there were probably only a few hundred as the Jays were down by 5. Only a few people saw the Royals completely blow it that day:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...00304270.shtml