US Attendance

Sport	Atten- dance (million)	Events
Baseball (major league)	76.0	2,419
Football (College)	42.5	1,440
Baseball (minor league)	41.7	448 teams in 59 leagues
Basketball (NBA)	21.6	1,230
Basketball (College men)	25.8	4,756
Hockey (NHL)	20.9	1,230
Football (NFL)	17.3	256
Golf PGA tour (2004)	10.0
Basketball (College women)	7.1	4,503
NASCAR Racing	6.7	36
Tennis ATP Tournaments	6.0	64
Indy Racing League (IRL) *	2.0
Champ Car Racing *	1.8
2004 Athens Olympics	3.8	million tickets sold.

Source: answers.com, 2006
* Estimates - Attendance is not published.
IRL attendance has picked up since Danica Patarick started racing in 2005.