The Commanders’ attendance improved in 2022

For some time within the 2022 NFL season, the Washington Commanders have been in a superb place to earn a postseason berth. When Washington defeated the Atlanta Falcons on Nov. 27 to enhance to 7-5, the Commanders held the NFC’s No. 6 playoff spot with 5 video games to play — three at residence.

When Washington tied the New York Giants in Week 13, defensive deal with Jonathan Allen informed followers how a lot the crew wanted them within the Week 15 rematch, promising to purchase not less than 100 tickets for followers.

Allen adopted via, giving tickets away to followers on Twitter.

Followers confirmed up. Sadly, the Commanders didn’t, falling 20-12 to the Giants. Two weeks later, Washington was eradicated from postseason rivalry with an embarrassing residence loss to the Cleveland Browns.

Talking of the followers, Washington’s residence attendance at FedEx Subject improved by 10.15% from the earlier 12 months, in line with the Sports activities Enterprise Journal. That was the third-largest enchancment within the league behind the Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars.

That’s the excellent news.

Now for the unhealthy information, 31 of the 32 NFL groups offered not less than 92% of their stadium’s capability. The one crew that didn’t? You guessed it, the Washington Commanders, who offered 85.9% of their capability.

Total, it was a very good 12 months for the NFL.

All year long, Washington was inspired by the rise in ticket gross sales. The Commanders additionally honored a number of stars from the previous, together with Sean Taylor, The Hogs and Sonny Jurgensen throughout video games, hoping to encourage followers to return to FedEx Subject.

With a possible new proprietor in 2023, it is going to be fascinating to see if that interprets into extra followers returning to assist the franchise.

Story initially appeared on Commanders Wire