The Celebration Bowl continues to make its mark throughout the insanity that’s school soccer bowl season.
With the conclusion of the faculty soccer playoff semifinals, the official attendance numbers have been counted. In accordance with ESPN, the Celebration Bowl is among the many prime 15 in attendance, with 41,108 observers witnessing Florida A&M defeat Howard for the Black Faculty Nationwide Championship.
That quantity is sweet sufficient for 14th amongst all bowl video games, forward of the Gator Bowl (40,132) and barely behind the Duke’s Mayo Bowl (42,925).
High 15 Highest Attended #BowlGames this yr.
– Celebration Bowl is as soon as once more High 15– Fiesta Bowl disappoints– Texas Bowl impresses pic.twitter.com/hLI7x9lZhd
— Penalty Discuss (@PenaltyTalk) January 3, 2024
The attendance figures are excellent news for ESPN, the MEAC and SWAC, and Cricket, particularly after individuals had been involved about this season’s recreation being the bottom television-rated matchup in its historical past and with greater than 8,000 fewer individuals than the 2022 contest between Jackson State, then led by Deion Sanders and North Carolina Central.
Even with that, 2023’s attendance is 20-25 p.c increased than the attendance of the pre-pandemic Celebration Bowls that featured North Carolina A&T and Alcorn State (31,672 in 2018 and 32,968 in 2019).
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