The UFL’s Michigan Panthers are struggling to draw crowds to their home games. In Week 1, only 9,444 fans showed up for the team’s game against the Birmingham Stallions. The attendance dropped even further in Week 2, with only 7,475 fans in attendance. Despite having one more home game scheduled next weekend, the Panthers will only have two left in the final seven weeks of the season.
Mike Mitchell of SI.com reported these disappointing numbers for the Panthers’ games. Across the board, attendance for Week 2 games was low except for in St. Louis where the Battlehawks drew over 40,000 fans. The total attendance for games in the other three locations combined was only 31,318, with D.C. Defenders drawing more than 15,000 fans and Memphis having fewer than 9,000.
One of the biggest challenges facing the UFL is getting people to show up to games and watch on TV. The league’s success will be determined by whether the strong debut in the first week of games will carry over into the second week and attract more fans to watch their favorite teams play again
