{"id":71620,"date":"2025-11-27T03:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/71620\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T03:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:06:09","slug":"sharks-have-highest-year-over-year-attendance-growth-in-nhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/71620\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Have Highest Year-Over-Year Attendance Growth In NHL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SAP Center has gotten louder this season as the San Jose Sharks have returned to relevance in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>After an awful 0-4-2 record, the Sharks are 11-5-1 since. They currently sit two points out of a playoff spot as Thanksgiving approaches. Teams that are in a playoff spot on Thanksgiving make the playoffs <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/san-jose-sharks-celebrini-nhl-3rd-star-of-week-playoffs-thanksgiving\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">77.1% of the time<\/a> since 05-06.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks fans are in the midst of making the Shark Tank one of the hardest buildings to play in once again. According to The Athletic, the Sharks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6838507\/2025\/11\/26\/nhl-2025-26-attendance-wild-sharks-blackhawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">have the highest<\/a> year-over-year attendance growth from 2024 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SAP Center&#8217;s deafening volume is slowly returning. Makes me smile and brings me back\u2014 Max Miller (@Real_Max_Miller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Real_Max_Miller\/status\/1992782109249843537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The San Jose Sharks have seen an average of 2,056 more fans in November 2025. The overall increase went from 13,506 in November 2024 to 15,562 in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-68-1024x862.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3113\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Nobody comes close to the Sharks\u2019 increase in terms of percentage. The SAP Center has seen an average annual growth rate of 15.2% over the last calendar year. The Columbus Blue Jackets have the second-highest percent increase at just 6.8%.<\/p>\n<p>With superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/san-jose-sharks-celebrini-nhl-records-crosby-mackinnon-desharnais-winning-culture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macklin Celebrini<\/a> leading the charge, San Jose Sharks fans see the vision of GM Mike Grier. <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/san-jose-sharks-askarov-mindset-health-november-success-senators\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yaroslav Askarov<\/a> has raved about the fans, citing multiple times that their energy gives the team a big boost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s perfect. That\u2019s different [and] the boys are feeling that,\u201d Askarov said. \u201cI was smiling after goals, after the game, and that\u2019s the best, that\u2019s great emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even head coach Ryan Warsofsky says he feels what the fans are bringing on a nightly basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe build it. We build this program on this foundation of what winning looks like and what winning feels like, by putting the effort and the work ethic into it. I think everyone appreciates a team that works extremely hard and gives everything they have,\u201d Warsofsky said. <\/p>\n<p>Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone can see that. Whether you\u2019ve been a fan for 25 years or you\u2019re at your first game at the Tank, most people can see what hard work looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This all comes at the base of the product on the ice. But the SAP Center will be upgrading as the team improves. Their seven-year project to upgrade the arena with the city will begin over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The hope is for the Sharks to get back into Stanley Cup contention as their building modernizes for the new-age fan. The franchise is truly creating a new identity for the young core that the on-ice product is being built around.<\/p>\n<p>Read more news and stories about the San Jose Sharks on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sharks Hockey Digest<\/a>! Bookmark the page and follow Sharks Hockey Digest on Twitter @<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SharksHKYDigest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SharksHKYDigest<\/a>!\n<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement. 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