Attendance numbers at Wichita State basketball home games are at their lowest they’ve been in over 20 years – aside from last season’s limited attendance.
The average attendance from this year –which reveals tickets sold, given away and allocated – currently sits at 8,365. In the past two decades, these numbers have been above 10,000, excluding last season’s average of 1,617. There have also been six seasons with every game sold out in that timeframe.
“We went a year where fans basically weren’t allowed to come,” Athletic Director Darron Boatright said. “A lot of times when that’s the case, you find other opportunities and other things to fill your entertainment time with.