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NFL-40 9/22/99
NFL HITS RECORD 1 MILLION IN WEEKEND PAID ATTENDANCE
NFL paid attendance for the second week of the 1999 season totaled a record 1,010,820 for 15 games on September 19-20, the first time NFL games have attracted one million fans to stadiums on a single weekend.
The previous highest total weekend paid attendance was on November 23-24, 1997 when 999,778 tickets were sold to 15 games.
NFL television ratings have also shown impressive increases in the first two weeks of the league’s 80th season. The opening Monday-night game of the season – Miami at Denver on September 13 – earned a 16.1 national rating, making it the top-rated program of the television week (September 13-19).
The top 10 paid attendance weekends in NFL history:
WEEKEND |
NUMBER OF GAMES |
ATTENDANCE |
| September 19-20, 1999 | 15 |
1,010,820 |
| November 23-24, 1997 | 15 |
999,778 |
| September 6-7, 1998 | 15 |
997,835 |
| December 13-14, 1998 | 15 |
992,659 |
| December 20-21, 1998 | 15 |
987,518 |
| November 8-9, 1998 | 15 |
984,630 |
| December 4, 7-8, 1997 | 15 |
983,684 |
| November 15-16, 1998 | 15 |
970,800 |
| November 10-11, 1996 | 15 |
964,079 |
| December 9-11, 1995 | 15 |
963,512 |