Follow along here at Beyond Women’s Sports for the weekly attendance updates in the WNBA. New updates will be published every Monday. The numbers reported below are up to and including games through Aug. 13.
WNBA Attendance: Week in review
This attendance report spanned the week of Aug. 8 through Aug. 13. For this one-week span, the league had a total of 12 games. Additionally, the upcoming week will see a total of only 11 games due to the Commissoner’s Cup game on Aug. 15. In general, this week saw fairly steady attendance numbers, especially compared to the previous week. Furthermore, league attendance dropped slightly and is up by only 17.7% compared to 2022’s final average. The largest crowd for the week was the Seattle Storm’s Aug. 8 game, which drew 10,212. The smallest crowd for the week once again belongs to the Indiana Fever, which drew 2,551 on Aug. 10.
Currently, eleven teams are now up from their 2022 final average, with the Seattle Storm, the lone team below their 2022 final average. Moreover, the largest increase by one team is currently the Las Vegas Aces (+3,466). The largest decrease by one team from 2022 is the Seattle Storm (-1,862). Finally, the league is shy of topping its 2018 final average of 6,779 and has surpassed its 2019 average (6,528).
Below is the graphic comparing the 2022 season’s final averages. The reported capacity numbers for each arena are based on the team’s arena being fully open. Half of the league’s teams play in NBA-sized arenas that unless needed, close off their upper bowl sections*.
Capacity numbers are provided by each team’s individual arena’s website. Also reported are each team’s individual high and low games for the season. Finally, all attendance numbers are provided through Acrossthetimeline.com.
Attendance Report
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— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) August 14, 2023
The league may no longer be on pace to reach an average of 7,000 fans per game. There is now only four weeks left remaining in the regular season. Play-off bound teams will likely see the largest crowds in these final weeks. The league’s Commissioner’s Cup Game on Aug. 15 will not count toward the league’s overall attendance.
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*Featured image courtesy of seattlebusinessmag.com.
