I want to share some attendance numbers with you for the Arena Football League:
Average Game Attendance - League
2006 ... 12,378
2007 ... 12,392
2008 ... 12,957 (last year of old AFL)
2010 ... 8,135
2011 ... 8,241
2012 ... 7,841
Average Game Attendance - Kansas City
2006 ... 15,234 (Kemper Arena)
2007 ... 11,894 (Kemper Arena)
2008 ... 12,828 (Sprint Center)
2011 ... 4,353 (Sprint Center as Command)
2012 ... 4,303 (Sprint Center as Command)
Now, I have done a little digging around, and it appears that the following teams are not coming back for 2013. The Kansas City Command have folded, along with the Georgia Force. The Milwaukee Mustangs have announced that they will be sitting out the 2013 season with the intention of returning in 2014, and the New Orleans VooDoo may find themselves without an Arena for 2013 do to renovations. But according to ArenaFan stats, 11 of the 17 teams suffered losses in average attendance in 2012, and with the issue of Player Pay becoming a Labor issue for the league, it may get worse.
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