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The Fever reportedly lead the WNBA in home attendance, averaging 16,683 fans over seven games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The New York Liberty are second at 12,586. The New York Liberty are second ...
Attendance is up a staggering 48% from 2023. ... And though the Fever have been eliminated, these WNBA playoffs have continued to break records – Game 1 of the Liberty-Aces series was the most ...
The WNBA enjoyed generation-high attendance in May, the league said Monday, clicking turnstiles at an unprecedented rate that's linked to — but not exclusively the work of — rookie sensation ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fueled by its sensational rookie class of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Cameron Brink, the WNBA had a huge first week in terms of attendance, ratings and digital media. The league saw a 14% increase in attendance from last year with both New York and Indiana leading the way with more than 17,000 fans at their home openers.
On the heels of drafting rookie phenom Caitlin Clark, the WNBA's Indiana Fever have already broken the team's total home attendance for all of 2023 — and it took just five games this season.
After the 2024 season, Ryan Brewer, a finance professor at Indiana University Columbus and a specialist on valuation, determined that Clark's presence was responsible for more than 25% of the WNBA's revenue in that season, including attendance, TV, and merchandise sales. He also determined that Clark's overall economic impact on the city of ...
And though the season has recently begun, the WNBA said it has had about 400,000 fans who have attended games in its arenas so far, the most first-month attendance in more than two decades.
On June 1, 2024, they met in the WNBA for the first time, with the Fever defeating the Sky. During the game, Reese appeared to celebrate on the bench after Clark was fouled and knocked to the floor by Sky guard Chennedy Carter on an inbounds play. Reese was fined $1,000 for not making herself available to reporters after the game. [11]