Well, hold on right there, because not all teams are doing that well. In fact, the website 24/7 Wall St. identified the 13 top-tier sports franchises in North America that are losing fans at the fastest rate. According to their methodology, “Based on 10-year change in attendance of home game of teams in the four major sports leagues — NHL, MLB, NBA and NFL — 24/7 Wall St. identified the teams with the worst declines in attendance.”
The team suffering the worst decline? That would be the Seattle Mariners, not only whose “average attendance declined a major league sports-leading 51.4%, but stadium capacity last season was an MLB-low 44.4%.”
In fact, if you’re a baseball fan, the news isn’t all that good. The top four teams on the list — Mariners, Indians, Astros and Diamondbacks — are all baseball clubs, with the Dallas Stars coming in at fifth. Other teams in the unlucky 13 include the Detroit Pistons, New York Mets and Miami Dolphins.