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8 Florida teams, with Yankees on top, surpass 100K in spring training attendance

By Mark Gordon
| 10:45 a.m. April 30, 2024
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Jackson Holliday signs autographs for fans at Ed Smith Stadium before the Baltimore Orioles' Feb. 29 game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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The New York Yankees — or at least their Florida fanbase — rule spring training.

The team drew the most fans to Grapefruit League games in the 2024 spring training season, with an attendance mark of 158,927 at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, according to a report from the Florida Sports Foundation.

There are 15 teams in the Florida Grapefruit League, with 10 of those teams on the west coast of the state. Games were held from Feb. 24 through March 26. Total attendance, the foundation reports, was 1,428,096 people over 226 games, for an average of 6,319 per game — the highest total since the 2017 season.

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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.