NEW YORK - Arena Football League attendance averaged 11,397 fans per game this season, an increase of 15 percent over last year's 9,957. <br>
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It is the league's highest average since 1998, when it attracted 11,400 per game. <br>
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The 16 Arena League teams drew a total of 1,458,830 fans for 128 games, including 17 sellouts. It was the league's eighth straight season with more than one million fans. <br>
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The expansion Colorado Crush, owned by ex-Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway, sold out all eight home games and averaged 17,434 per game at the Pepsi Center. It was the first time since the 1995 Orlando Predators that a team has sold out every regular-season home game.
