"This season, the cityless A's saw an average of 9,487 fans at every home game, per the AP, which is even lower than the low average of 11,529 per game last year at the Oakland Coliseum. And that was even lower than another team playing in temporary digs, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who saw an average of 9,713 attendees at their games being played at the Yankees' spring training grounds, Steinbrenner Field due to damage from Hurricane Milton to their Tropicana Field."
"As the AP notes, the only thing that may have saved the A's from even lower attendance this season was the relatively mild summer we had across California. Sacramento didn't see anything like the scorching temperatures it had in 2024, with the high temp for a home game being just a modest 90 degrees. The team's hottest game was actually one that they played in 99-degree heat in Atlanta on July 10."
"As the Associated Press reports, the minor gesture in the direction of Sacramento fans, as the team waits for their Las Vegas stadium to be built, may not do much to help their league-low attendance rates at games but it might help a bit! "The new Sacramento' jersey is our way of saying thank you to the fans, businesses and community leaders who helped bring Major League Baseball to town," said A's President Marc Badain in a release."
The former Oakland Athletics will continue as the Sacramento A's in 2026 and will add gold alternate jerseys with 'Sacramento' across the front for Saturday home games and select other contests. The city-less branding this season drew criticism for minimizing local identity; the team previously used only a small Sacramento sleeve patch. Attendance remained last in the league at an average of 9,487 fans per home game, down from 11,529 the prior year in Oakland. Comparisons show other temporarily relocated teams had slightly higher attendance. Weather may have limited further declines, with Sacramento avoiding extreme heat this summer.
Read at sfist.com
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