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The NFL set a regular-season attendance record for the second year in a row, averaging 66,409 fans per game. A closer look:
* Total paid attendance for the 2004 regular season increased to 17,000,811, topping last year’s mark of 16,913,584 and marking the first time that the NFL reached the 17-million mark.
* The 17,000,811 tickets sold to the NFL’s 256 regular-season games in 2004 represented paid attendance at more than 90% of capacity.
TOP FIVE NFL REGULAR-SEASON AVERAGE PAID ATTENDANCES
*--* Rank Year Avg. Attendance Games 1. 2004 66,409 256 2. 2003 66,328 255 3. 2000 66,078 248 4. 2002 65,755 256 5. 1999 65,349 248
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Source: NFL.com
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