Report: NFL attendance drops by 0.8 percent

For the first time since the end of the pandemic, NFL average attendance figures have declined. According to Sports Business Journal, the average crowd size at games has dropped to 69,055 per game. The percentage of available tickets sold decreased from 98.3 percent to 97.6 percent, although 12 teams managed to sell 100 percent of their tickets. Notably, the Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, and Tennessee Titans reported attendance figures below 93 percent, with the Titans experiencing the largest drop at 9.1 percent. The Jets saw a 5.1-percent decrease, while the Cleveland Browns experienced a 3.9-percent reduction in attendance. Despite the decline, the current average attendance is still the fifth highest since records began in 2004.