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The Tampa Bay Rays dropped the opening game of the AL wild-card series to the Texas Rangers 4-0 on Tuesday. There were 19,704 fans in attendance at Tropicana Field, the fewest number of fans to attend an MLB playoff game in more than 100 years.
Via The Athletic's Tyler Kepner, the Game 1 crowd was the lowest attendance for a postseason game — outside the 2020 COVID-19 season — since Game 7 of the 1919 World Series in Cincinnati.
The Reds had a reason for their low number in 1919, according to SABR director of editorial content Jacob Pomrenke:
"Some context on 1919 World Series ticket snafu: Reds forced fans to buy 3-game blocks, and this was their 4th home game — single-game tickets were only on sale for a few hours that morning in downtown Cincinnati. Only 13K showed up for Game 7 (of 8)."
MLB announced Monday that the 2023 regular season saw total attendance reach 70,747,365, which comes out to a gain of more than 6 million fans from 2022, a 9.6% increase. The Rays finished 27th overall with a total of 1.4 million, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal. That total breaks down to an average of nearly 17,800 per game, an increase of almost 4,000 per game from last season.
The issue of attendance at Tropicana Park has been a topic for years. But there is hope that a new, 30,000-seat, $1.6 billion stadium set to open in time for the 2028 season will make this talk go away.
The Rays' product on the field has certainly been worthy of more butts in seats lately, with four division titles, nine playoff appearances and two trips to the World Series since 2008. With their 2023 season on the line Wednesday, you would think the stadium will be a bit fuller in order to create a better atmosphere.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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