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2005 Wrigley Field Attend-O-Meter
See Previous Cubs Attend-O-Meters: 2003, 2004
Attendance statistics as of: July 24, 2005
Chicago Cubs 2005 Wrigley Field attendance:
1,748,859
Projected Cubs 2005 Wrigley Field attendance:
3,109,083
Due to the rainout on April 12, the Cubs are likely to only collect 80 home gates in 2005.
Average attendance per game at Wrigley Field:
38,864
Attendance as a percentage of capacity:
98.05%
This number is found by dividing total attendance
by the product of Wrigley
Field seating capacity (39,638) and the number of home gates collected.
Home Games (Gates) Played:
45
Maximum Single Game Attendance:
40,488 - Saturday, July 2nd
vs. Washington
Minimum Single Game Attendance:
36,791 - Monday, April 11th
vs. San Diego
Median Single Game Attendance:
38,887
The median number of a set of data is the data point with an equal number of greater and lesser points in the data set.
Cubs Estimated 2005 YTD Ticket Revenue:
$55,963,488
Year to date ticket revenue estimated by multiplying paid attendance and average ticket price ($32.00) as reported by Team Marketing Report.
The Cubs must also pay taxes and a percentage of this money to opponents out of their ticket revenue. Estimated ticket revenue does not include concessions. Estimates also do not reflect differences in revenue for Value/Regular/Premium ticket dates.
Cubs Home Attendance by Day of the Week |
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| MON | TUES | WEDS | THURS | FRI | SAT | SUN | # |
6 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
Attendance |
228,113 |
233,351 |
270,132 |
115,926 |
274,118 |
313,844 |
313,375 |
AVG/gate |
38,019 |
38,892 |
38,590 |
38,642 |
39,160 |
39,231 |
39,172 |
Cubs Attendance by Game Time |
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|
Day | Night | # |
32 | 13 | Attendance |
1,246,930 | 501,929 | AVG/GATE |
38,967 | 38,610 |
Cubs Attendance by Day
of Week and Game Time |
Day of the Week |
Mon |
Tues |
Weds |
Thurs |
Sun |
# Night Games |
5 |
6 |
1 |
- |
1 |
# Day Games |
1 |
- |
6 |
3 |
7 |
Night Attendance |
191,322 |
233,351 |
38,118 |
- |
39,138 |
Avg/Night Game |
38,264 |
38,892 |
38,118 |
- |
39,138 |
Day Attendance |
36,791 |
- |
232,014 |
115,926 |
274,237 |
Avg/Day Game |
36,791 |
- |
38,669 |
38,642 |
39,177 |
Attendance by Cubs Homestand:
Notes: After the homestand ending June 15, the Cubs had collected 35 home gates (36 games) with cumulative attendance of 1,354,746.
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June 15 |
Wednesday |
Day |
39,263 |
vs. FLA |
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June 14 |
Tuesday |
Night |
38,887 |
vs. FLA |
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June 13 |
Monday |
Night |
38,708 |
vs. FLA |
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June 12 |
Sunday |
Night |
39,138 |
vs. BOS |
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June 11 |
Saturday |
Day |
39,096 |
vs. BOS |
|
June 10 |
Friday |
Day |
39,215 |
vs. BOS |
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June 8 |
Wednesday |
Day |
38,086 |
vs. TOR |
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June 7 |
Tuesday |
Night |
39,159 |
vs. TOR |
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June 6 |
Monday |
Night |
38,807 |
vs. TOR |
Notes: On Sunday, May 29 the Cubs crossed the 1,000,000 mark, bringing the season total to 1,004,387. The Cubs have drawn at least 1 million every year since 1981, which was shortened by a strike. Before that, the Cubs had drawn at least 1 million fans beginning in 1968. The May 29th game, the Cubs 26th home gate, was also the first time this season the Cubs surpassed the 40,000 mark. In contrast, the Cubs had drawn 6 dates of 40,000 or more fans by their 26th gate in 2004. At this point in the season, the 2004 Cubs had drawn 1,020,213 fans.
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May 29 |
Sunday |
Day |
40,322 |
vs. COL |
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May 28 |
Saturday |
Day |
39,368 |
vs. COL |
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May 27 |
Friday |
Day |
38,771 |
vs. COL |
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May 26 |
Thursday |
Day |
38,393 |
vs. COL |
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May 25 |
Wednesday |
Night |
38,118 |
vs. HOU |
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May 24 |
Tuesday |
Night |
38,805 |
vs. HOU |
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May 23 |
Monday |
Night |
38,232 |
vs. HOU |
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May 22 |
Sunday |
Day |
39,334 |
vs. CHW |
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May 21 |
Saturday |
Day |
39,461 |
vs. CHW |
|
May 20 |
Friday |
Day |
38,988 |
vs. CHW |
Notes: The May 11th, game against the Mets was the Cubs 16th of the season. Cumulative attendance to date was 614,325. After 16 games in 2003, the Cubs had announced attendance of 525,365. At the same point in 2004 the attendance was 626,923.
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May 11 |
Wednesday |
Day |
38,475 |
vs. NYM |
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May 10 |
Tuesday |
Night |
38,813 |
vs. NYM |
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May 9 |
Monday |
Night |
37,562 |
vs. NYM |
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May 8 |
Sunday |
Day |
38,767 |
vs. PHI |
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May 7 |
Saturday |
Day |
38,933 |
vs. PHI |
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May 6 |
Friday |
Day |
38,656 |
vs. PHI |
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April 27 |
Wednesday |
Day |
38,114 |
vs. CIN |
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April 26 |
Tuesday |
Night |
38,113 |
vs. CIN |
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April 25 |
Monday |
Night |
38,013 |
vs. CIN |
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April 24 |
Sunday |
Day |
37,452 |
vs. PIT |
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April 23 |
Saturday |
Day |
37,965 |
vs. PIT |
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April 13 (DH for April 12) |
Wednesday |
Day |
39,230 |
vs. SD |
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April 11 |
Monday |
Day |
36,791 |
vs. SD |
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April 10 |
Sunday |
Day |
39,076 |
vs. MIL |
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April 9 |
Saturday |
Day |
38,743 |
vs. MIL |
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April 8 |
Friday |
Day |
39,892 |
vs. MIL |
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