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2016 CFL ATTENDANCE

Team/Average/Pct. Capacity

1. Saskatchewan, 31,127, 93%

  1. Edmonton, 29,218, 52%

  2. Calgary, 27,666, 78%

  3. Winnipeg, 24,784, 73%

  4. Ottawa, 24,745, 100%

  5. Hamilton, 24,045, 99%

  6. B.C., 20,715, 35%

  7. Montreal, 20,190, 81%

  8. Toronto, 16,690, 62%

[b]SASKATCHEWAN ATTENDANCE AT EDMONTON

(Since 2000, Roughriders have played at Commonwealth 25 times and drawn 1,021,628 fans in the regular season for a 40,865 Average)
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BY DAY

Monday: 38,054 (1 game)

Thursday: 48,808 (1 game)

Friday: 37,882 (13 games)

Saturday: 44,208 (10 games)

BY MONTH

June: 35,869 (1 game)

July: 37,866 (4 games)

August: 43,197 (8 games)

September: 49,719 (3 games)

October: 38,562 (8 games)

November: 30,845 (1 game)

LAST 25 APPEARANCES

Aug. 25, 2000 — 36,813

Oct. 28, 2000 — 34,218

July 13, 2001 — 32,722

Sept. 21, 2002 — 44,480

Oct. 25, 2002 — 34,101

Aug. 23, 2003 — 45,083

Aug. 20, 2004 — 42,399

Oct. 15, 2005 — 53,216

Aug. 11, 2006 — 39,599

Oct. 27, 2006 — 31,779

July 20, 2007 — 46,704

Oct. 26, 2007 — 40,127

Aug. 21, 2008 — 48,808

Sept. 26, 2009 — 62,517

Aug. 28, 2010 — 47,829

Oct. 23, 2010 — 38,325

Oct. 10, 2011 — 38,054

Nov. 4, 2011 — 30,845

Aug. 10, 2012 — 43,178

Oct. 13, 2012 — 38,678

June 29, 2013 — 35,869

Aug. 24, 2013 — 41,868

Sept. 26, 2014 — 42,161

July 31, 2015 — 37,842

July 8, 2016 — 34,196