Least-attended Friday-Sunday games in current Busch Stadium history
Date | Day of week | Attendance | Opponent |
---|---|---|---|
9/1/2023 | Friday | 33,842 | PIT |
5/3/2024 | Friday | 34,010 | CHW |
6/8/2024 | Saturday | 34,577 | COL |
6/7/2024 | Friday | 35,229 | COL |
7/10/2011 | Sunday | 35,299 | ARI |
5/6/2011 | Friday | 35,552 | MIL |
8/27/2011 | Saturday | 35,812 | PIT |
9/3/2023 | Sunday | 35,856 | PIT |
As the Cardinals’ on-field struggles continue, their box office woes are piling up.
On Saturday, an announced crowd of 34,577 saw the Cardinals fall to the woeful Rockies for the second time in the first three games of the four-game set.
That marks the smallest Saturday crowd in the history of the current venue, which opened in 2006. The pandemic-impacted 2020 and 2021 seasons are not included.
The number of fans actually in attendance is not normally released, but large areas of empty seats in the lower bowl were visible.
The previous Saturday low-water mark came way back in 2011, when 35,812 tickets were sold for a matchup vs. Pittsburgh.
You have to go back to at the former Busch Stadium, to find a Cardinals home Saturday game attended by fewer fans.
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Two of the three smallest Friday crowds in stadium history have also come this season, the other happening late last season.
All told, the four least-attended weekend games (Friday through Sunday) at Busch Stadium have happened this season or the last month of the 2023 season.
The two least-attended night games and three of the 10 least-attended day games in stadium history have come this year.
When comparing a five-game rolling average, the team's attendance for its most recent five games is down 5,671 tickets sold from what it was last year at about this time, June 9, 2023.
The Redbirds have the sixth-best average attendance in baseball. If that held up for the full season, it would be the first time the Cardinals finished outside the top five since 2012.
They've drawn 40,000 fans or more just eight times so far, down from 13 at this point last season and 31 in 2016.