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 July 30.
WNBA Attendance: Week in review
This report spanned a week of games from July 24 through July 30. In this timeframe, there were a total of 17 games played. Overall, the league’s average went up slightly compared to last week. Camp games tend to draw larger crowds as they are geared toward youth groups. The Los Angeles Sparks’ July 27 game was the largest crowd of the week (11,970). The Atlanta Dream once again had the smallest crowd of the week despite their two sell-outs on July 25 and July 30 (3,209).
Overall, league-wide attendance remains up by 19.3%. Currently, eleven teams are now up from their 2022 final average with the Seattle Storm the lone team below their 2022 final average. Furthermore, the largest increase by one team is currently the Las Vegas Aces (+3,544). The largest decrease by one team from 2022 is the Seattle Storm (-1,885). Finally, the league is shy of topping its 2018 final average of 6,779.
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. All attendance numbers are provided through Acrossthetimeline.com.
Attendance Report
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— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) July 30, 2023
The league is still currently on pace to reach an average of 7,000 fans per game. The upcoming week has 15 games in total. The much-anticipated matchup of the New York Liberty against the Las Vegas Aces is expected to be a sell-out on Aug. 6 at Barclays Arena. The league’s Commissioner’s Cup game has been set that will feature the New York Liberty at the Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday, Aug. 15, on Amazon Prime. Last week’s attendance report is still currently available.
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