According to this article on Metrostars.com. Sounds good to me. Note: This is regarding non doubleheader games. http://www.metrostars.com/metronews/submissions/2003/october/10312003v3.htm
I should find the numbers, but I didn't. The Metros had one, if not the biggest decline in average attendance this year. That is why the couched it in the language that the "non doubleheader" attendance was up. They have always used the doubleheader attendance to say hey look how we are doing. It is Enron accounting to now dismiss it. The bottom line is the attendance is down significantly from last year.
With ticket prices increasing next year coupled with poor Marketing/PR decisions, lack of serious fan "promotions" on game-day and the likelihood the Metros will have no "name" player left on the roster, this trend will certainly continue into next season.
Well how is it fair to compare double headers w/ regular games?? You cant just take attendance figures w/ face value
They don't count the attendance twice at doubleheaders... Also, if you got the point of my post, the Metros have always trumpeted the increase in attendance, never noting that it had been driven by the second game. So it is wrong of them to now not to include the matches.