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Notable St. Louis Attendance Marks

(As of March 2005)

St. Louis Blues: Finished in top five in league total attendance for last seven seasons.
St. Louis Cardinals: Have drawn at least 3 million fans six of the past seven seasons. Led National League in attendance in 2000 by drawing 3,336,493 fans.
St. Louis Rams: Have sold out every regular season home game since arriving in St. Louis in 1995. 5,093,488 fans have passed through the turnstiles during the team's first 10 seasons in St. Louis.
Saint Louis Billikens: Basketball program has ranked in the top 30 in average attendance among NCAA Division I schools for the last nine years.
Missouri River Otters (minor league hockey): Set United Hockey League expansion team attendance record in 1999-2000 season.
River City Rascals (minor league baseball): Eclipsed its own Frontier League attendance record in 2004 season.
2005 Cory Spinks vs. Zab Judah World Welterweight Championship Fight: Sold-out crowd of 22,730 was the most ever to see a boxing match at an indoor arena.
2004 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials: Total attendance of 22,500 at the St. Peters Rec-Plex was an all-time record for the event.
2004 U.S. Senior Open: Sold-out event drew 171,000 fans.
2002 NCAA Men's Basketball First/Second Rounds: Ranks Number 1 all-time in net receipts for a sub-regional. The three sessions drew 73,774 fans.
2001 NCAA Women's Final Four: Sold out nearly a year ahead of the event.
2000 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships: Set all-time record for U.S. Gymnastics Championships ticket sales.
2000 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships: Set all-time total attendance record of 96,994.
1999 NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional: Set NCAA Regional single-game attendance record of 42,519.
1994 U.S. Olympic Festival: Labeled "the best Festival ever" by the United States Olympic Committee. Holds records for total attendance (515,403) and involved nearly 15,000 volunteers.
1992 PGA Championship: Regarded as one of the most successful ever. The first of 74 PGA Championships to sell out. Drew 35,000 spectators per day.