NBL Breaks More Crowd Records

Thursday, March 16, 2023

This season just continues to produce record numbers across the NBL.

If the highest attendances of all-time weren’t enough across the regular season, now the League has welcomed a record 49,687 fans in Australia and New Zealand across the Championship Series.

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On Wednesday night, one of the most incredible seasons in the NBL’s history comes to a close, with another huge crowd expected at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena.

But even before Game 5, where another 15,000-plus fans are expected to attend, the previous Championship Series record has already been smashed.

Highest ever Championship Series crowds
2023 – 49,687* - 2023
2019 – 45,971 - 2019
2018 – 44,260 - 2018
1992 – 43,605 - 1992
1997 – 41,673 - 1997
1996 – 38,995 – 1996
* Excludes Game 5 of Championship Series

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">? ???????? ??????? ?<br><br>Tonight's crowd is the biggest in NBL history - and the first time we've had over 18,000 people in the house for a game of Aussie hoops ?<br><br>Thank you to everyone who continues to support this competition ?? <a href="https://t.co/446BMXFShw">pic.twitter.com/446BMXFShw</a></p>— NBL (@NBL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBL/status/1634131005253783553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sell-out crowds have flocked to watch the Kings and Breakers across the first four games, but it’s not just the fight for the trophy that’s captured attention.

The Finals Series has welcomed the highest crowds since way back in 1996, with over 110,000 people set to walk through the turnstiles by the completion of the Championship Series.

Across the season, crowds have totalled close to 966,000 – easily the highest number in 27 years.

NBL23 total attendance
965,947*
* Excludes Game 5 of Championship Series

It’s been an amazing NBL23 campaign in so many ways, and it’s all thanks to our incredible fans.

The Sydney Kings host the New Zealand Breakers to decide the NBL23 Championship on Wednesday night at 7.30pm AEDT.

Watch the game live & free on ESPN via Kayo Freebies, and Sky Sport and Prime in New Zealand.

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