{"id":949789,"date":"2026-10-28T20:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/949789\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T20:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:28:18","slug":"this-was-the-average-attendance-at-bc-lions-games-this-season-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/949789\/","title":{"rendered":"This was the average attendance at BC Lions games this season | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a good year for the BC Lions, both on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p>Finishing the regular season with a 10-8 record, the Lions will be hosting a CFL playoff game at BC Place on Saturday, and they\u2019re hoping for a big crowd to see them take on the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why it\u2019s so big to host a home playoff game, especially in the West, to play in front of your home fans,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/grey-cup-path-set-bc-lions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re excited about it; we know that the place is going to be loud. Hopefully we can make it uncomfortable for their offence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 1:30 p.m. game will be preceded by tailgating at the Plaza of Nations, which will also feature trick-or-treating for kids, as the game will be on Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions are hosting the West Semi-Final for the fourth time in five years. Two of those games saw a crowd of over 30,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Attendance at Lions games at BC Place in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Average attendance for Lions games played at BC Place this season was 24,484. Those are the third-best numbers in the CFL, placing BC behind only Winnipeg and Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Final Attendance Check.<\/p>\n<p>A reminder that these figures are not including the home away from home games that BC\/TO had earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<p>If you account for those games in both 26 and 25 counts the overall attendance dropped by 1.6% with an avg. attendance of 22,570. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/CFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#CFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cQR4WTnGSV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cQR4WTnGSV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CFL Stats Geek (@CFLStatsGeek) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CFLStatsGeek\/status\/2114376577328857370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the game-by-game breakdown:<\/p>\n<p>July 25: Toronto 21,438<br \/>\nAug. 8: Hamilton 19,387<br \/>\nAug. 23: Saskatchewan 30,083<br \/>\nSept. 4: Montreal 23,380<br \/>\nSept. 25: Saskatchewan 24,183<br \/>\nOct. 9: Ottawa 22,083<br \/>\nOct. 23: Winnipeg 30,833<\/p>\n<p>Technically, the Lions had a drop of 9.4 per cent from 2025\u2019s average of 27,028. That number is a bit misleading, though. Last season\u2019s attendance numbers were boosted by a near-sellout in their home opener with a little help from Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n<p>With the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver this year, BC Place was unavailable for the Lions\u2019 first two home games. So instead of kicking off the season with a marquee concert and a crowd of over 50,000, they played in front of crowds north of 19,000 at the Apple Bowl in Kelowna.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"snoop dogg bc lions\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2151466\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snoop-dogg-bc-lions.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2151466-2\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lions didn\u2019t have a kickoff concert this season. (Anne-Marie Sorvin\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>The rapper, who briefly went by the moniker Snoop Lion and coaches youth football, performed at a pre-game concert ahead of the home opener, which meant that 52,837 fans showed up to see the Lions beat the Edmonton Elks.<\/p>\n<p>Excluding the opener, the Lions\u2019 average attendance in 2025 was 23,801.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a good year for the BC Lions, both on and off the field. 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