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If the WNBA has seen a surge in recent years, much of it can be traced to Caitlin Clark’s arrival. This season, her presence alone, even on the sidelines, has helped the Indiana Fever lead the league in total attendance, drawing nearly 700,000 fans across home and away games. Last year, in Clark’s debut season, the Fever’s home attendance of 340,715 set a single-season record, surpassing New York’s 2001 mark of 250,565 in 16 games. Clark’s influence, however, isn’t limited to Indiana.
The Las Vegas Aces made history on July 2, 2024, by hosting the Indiana Fever at T-Mobile Arena. The game drew an impressive 20,366 fans, marking the largest WNBA crowd in 25 years, and the 5th largest of all time! Yet when the Aces and Fever met again this postseason, veteran Sophie Cunningham noticed something different in Las Vegas that surprised her, given the big numbers of the past.
On her “Show Me Something” podcast, Sophie Cunningham offered a surprising take on that historic night. “I will say I thought that that place normally it’s like packed and sold out and loud, and like it really wasn’t (This time). Like, there was people there, but it was not how it had been in the past couple of years, which is like really interesting to me.” But that wasn’t all from Sophie as she shared one of her experiences with Clark.
Sophie directly connected the large crowd to Clark, adding, “Last time we were actually up there, we played at T-Mobile. That’s when like everyone was playing and we pretty much sold that thing out. And I say we like I think they did that cuz the Fever were in town.” Yes, T-Mobile. And it adds more to the CC narrative because the Aces didn’t play that game in their usual Michelob Ultra Arena, which seats a maximum of 12,000 fans. The Mobile, one of the iconic stadiums, can house over 20000 people.
