NCAA Men's College World Series 2008

Attendance Records

As of June 24, 2007, the Men’s College World Series had attracted 6,545,592 fans in the 58 years it has been played in Omaha, an average of 112,855 per year. For the last five years (2003-07) the average is 278,321.

2008 Attendance By Session

Saturday Session #1 20,039
Saturday Session #2 23,039
Sunday Session #3 18,108
Sunday Session #4 22,239
Monday Session #5 17,251
Monday Session #6 20,087
Tuesday Session #7 19,103
Tuesday Session #8 23,314
Wednesday Session #9 22,774
Friday Session #10 30,422
Saturday Session #11 15,828
Saturday Session #12 18,611
Sunday Session #14 15,125
Championship Game 1 19,559
Championship Game 2 17,223
Championship Game 3 18,932

TOTAL: 330,099

Historical Attendance Records

Following are the attendance figures for the years the College World Series has been played in Omaha, plus the two years in Kalamazoo, Michigan and one year in Wichita, Kansas. The total attendance in the 61-year history of the CWS is 6,567,736. The 58-year Omaha total is 6,545,592 spectators, an average of 112,855 per year. For the last five years (2003-07) the average is 278,321.

AVERAGE
YEAR/SESSIONS/ TOTAL ATTENDANCE/PER SESSION
1947 2 3,792 1,896
1948 2 3,352 1,676
1949 4 15,000 3,750
1950 10 17,805 1,781
1951 9 27,789 3,088
1952 10 38,731 3,873
1953 10 31,990 3,199
1954 10 35,403 3,540
1955 10 21,843 2,184
1956 10 29,940 2,994
1957 9 26,609 2,957
1958 10 25,931 2,593
1959 10 33,607 3,361
1960 10 35,222 3,522
1961 9 24,778 2,753
1962 10 39,307 3,391
1963 10 52,757 5,276
1964 10 61,871 6,187
1965 10 45,894 4,589
1966 10 63,376 6,338
1967 10 63,906 6,391
1968 9 58,373 6,486
1969 10 63,265 6,327
1970 10 74,683 7,468
1971 10 77,460 7,746
1972 10 80,214 (1) 8,021
1973 9 65,356 6,262
1974 10 71,105 7,111
1975 10 78,052 7,805
1976 10 83,455 8,346
1977 10 90,117 9,012
1978 9 79,654 8,850
1979 10 87,070 8,707
1980 10 95,406 9,541
1981 10 120,535 12,054
1982 9 106,144 11,794
1983 9 115,700 (2) 12,856
1984 10 120,456 12,046
1985 10 125,970 12,597
1986 10 124,958 12,496
1987 10 130,659 13,066
1988 9 132,698 14,744
1989 9 132,865 14,763
1990 9 138,426 15,381
1991 9 133,763 (3) 14,863
1992 10 154,216 15,422
1993 10 173,296 17,330
1994 9 161,638 17,960
1995 10 182,759 18,276
1996 9 182,430 20,270
1997 10 204,309 (4) 20,431
1998 10 204,361 20,436
1999 10 206,639 20,664
2000 9 200,917 22,324
2001 9 196,515 21,835
2002 10 223,762 (5) 22,376
2003 12 260,091 21,674
2004 11 256,730 23,339
2005 11 263,475 #23,952
2006 14 +310,609 (6) 22,186
2007 13 300,702 23,131
2008 16, 330,099,

(1) One millionth fan
(2) Two millionth fan
(3) Three millionth fan
(4) Four millionth fan
(5) Five millionth fan
(6) Six millionth fan
#Average per session record
+Total attendance record

2007 CWS ATTENDANCE DETAIL

SESSION CUMULATIVE
NUMBER DAY AND DATE GAMES ATTENDANCE TOTAL

1 Friday, June 15 1 18,807 18,807
2 Friday, June 15 2 23,568 42,375
3 Saturday, June 16 3 19,638 62,013
4 Saturday, June 16 4 26,559 88,572
5 Sunday, June 17 5 18,187 106,759
6 Sunday, June 17 6 22,602 129,361
7 Monday, June 18 7 16,451 145,812
8 Monday, June 18 8 21,692 167,504
9 Tuesday, June 19 9/10 29,034 196,538
10 Wed., June 20 11/12 29,921 226,459
11 Thursday, June 21 13 22,344 248,803
12 Saturday, June 23 14 26,887 275,690
13 Sunday, June 24 15 25,046 300,702

SESSION ATTENDANCE RECORDS

SESSION RECORD
NUMBER ATTENDANCE YEAR GAMES PARTICIPANTS

1 24,711 2002 No. 1 Georgia Tech 11, South Carolina 0
No. 2 Clemson 11, Nebraska 10

2 24,904 2005 No. 2 Nebraska 5, Arizona St. 3

3 24,067 2002 No. 4 Texas 2, Rice 1

4 26,559 2007 No. 4 Oregon St. 3, Cal St. Fullerton 2

5 26,813 2005 No. 5 Arizona St. 4, Tennessee 2
No. 6 Florida 7, Nebraska 4

6 24,941 2005 No. 7 Baylor 4, Oregon St. 3 (10 inn.)
No. 8 Texas 5, Tulane 0

7 26,220 2005 No. 9 Arizona St. 8, Nebraska 7 (11 inn.)
No. 10 Baylor 8, Tulane 7

8 28,216 2004 No. 11 Texas 7, Georgia 6
No. 12 S. Carolina 5, Cal St. Fullerton 3

9 29,034 2007 No. 9 North Carolina 3, Louisville 1
No. 10 UC Irvine 8, Arizona St. 7

10 30,442 2008 No. 10 North Carolina 7, LSU 3

11 22,344 2007 No. 13 North Carolina 7, Rice 4

Championship Series
1 26,887 2007 No. 14 Oregon St. 11, North Carolina 4

2 25,046 2006 No. 15 Oregon St. 11, North Carolina 7

3 18,565 2006 No. 16 Oregon St. 3, North Carolina 2

Championship Game Only
25,012 2007 No. 15 Oregon St. 9, North Carolina 3

TOP 30 ALL-TIME SESSIONS

ATTENDANCE PARTICIPANTS GAMES DATE

1. 30,422 North Carolina 7, LSU No. 10 6-19/20-08

2.. 30,335 North Carolina 6, Cal St. Fullerton 5 No. 11 6-21-06
Oregon St. 5, Rice 0 No. 12

3. 29,921 North Carolina 6, Rice 1 No. 11 6-20-07
Oregon St. 7, UC Irvine 1 No. 12

4. 29,034 North Carolina 3, Louisville 1 No. 9 6-19-07
UC Irvine 8, Arizona St. 7 No. 10

5. 28,216 Texas 7, Georgia 6 No. 11 6-23-04
South Carolina 5, Cal St. Fullerton 3 No. 12

6. 27,452 Arizona St. 6, Florida 1 No. 11 6-22-05
Texas 4, Baylor 3 No. 12

7. 26,941 Baylor 4, Oregon St. 3 (10 inn.) No. 7 6-20-05
Texas 5, Tulane 0 No. 8

8. 26,887 Oregon St. 11, North Carolina 4 No. 14 6-23-07

9. 26,813 Arizona St. 4, Tennessee 2 No. 5 6-19-05
Florida 7, Nebraska 4 No. 6

10. 26,808 North Carolina 4, Oregon St. 3 No. 14 (Ch. 1) 6-24-06

11. 26,641 Texas 5, Baylor 1 No. 4 6-18-05

12. 26,604 Cal St. Fullerton 6, Texas 4 No. 14 (Ch. 1) 6-26-04

13. 26,559 Oregon St. 3, Cal St. Fullerton 2 No. 4 6-16-07

14. 26,530 Miami (Fla.) 9, LSU 5 No. 4 6-19-04

15. 26,480 Arizona 7, Arkansas 2 No. 5 6-20-04
Texas 9, Georgia 3 No. 6

16. 26,327 Texas 13, Miami (Fla.) 2 No. 4 6-14-03

17. 26,241 Cal St. Fullerton 7, Clemson 6 No. 9 6-20-06
Oregon St. 5, Miami 3 No. 10

18. 26,220 Arizona St. 8, Nebraska 7 (11 inn.) No. 9 6-21-05
Baylor 8, Tulane 7 No. 10

19. 25,958 Texas 4, Florida 2 No. 14 (Ch. 1) 6-25-05

20. 25,581 South Carolina 10, Nebraska 8 No. 5 6-16-02
Clemson 9, Georgia Tech 7 No. 6

21. 25,417 Miami (Fla.) 11, Oregon St. 1 No. 4 6-17-06

22. 25,240 Georgia 3, Arizona 1 No. 9 6-22-04
South Carolina 15, Miami (Fla.) 11 No. 10

23. 25,046 Oregon St. 11, North Carolina 7 No. 15 (Ch. 2) 6-25-06

24. 25,012 Oregon St. 9, North Carolina 3 No. 15 (Ch. 2) 6-24-07

25. 24,971 Notre Dame 5, Rice 3 No. 7 6-17-02
Texas 8, Stanford 7 No. 8

26. 24,904 Nebraska 5, Arizona St. 3 No. 2 6-17-05

27. 24,859 Miami (Fla.) 8, Alabama 1 No. 5 6-13-99
Rice 7, Oklahoma St. 2 No. 6

28. 24,857 South Carolina 15, LSU 4 No. 7 6-21-04
Cal St. Fullerton 6, Miami (Fla.) 3 No. 8

29. 24,842 Miami (Fla.) 7, Missouri St. 5 No. 7 6-16-03
Rice 12, Texas 2 No. 8

30. 24,740 Arizona St. 9, Miami (Fla.) 2 No. 5 5-31-98
Long Beach St. 7, Florida St. 4 No. 6

2006-07 NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIPS

Top 10 Total Paid Attendance

1. Baseball 682,880
2. Men's Basketball 589,402
3. Football (FCS) 179,551
4. Women's Basketball 148,775
7. Women’s Volleyball 126,369
5. Men’s Lacrosse 120,975
6. Men’s Ice Hockey 116,147
8. Wrestling 88,761
9. Men’s Soccer 77,973
10. Softball 74,517

2006-07 NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIPS

Top 10 Gross Receipts

1. Men’s Basketball $35,604,260
2. Baseball 9,552,936
3. Men’s Ice Hockey 7,073,071
6. Football (FCS) 2,974,394
4. Women’s Basketball 2,569,252
7. Men’s Lacrosse 2,271,174
5. Wrestling 1,735,481
8. Volleyball 1,529,769
9. Softball 1,052,643
10. Men’s Soccer 668,446