BC Lions All-Time Attendance

BC Regular Season Home Attendance Average

Home Top 10
Date Game Season Attendance
Sep 19, 1986 EDM 32 @ BC 3 Regular Season 59,478
Nov 17, 1985 WPG 22 @ BC 42 Playoffs 59,478
Oct 11, 1985 WPG 31 @ BC 10 Regular Season 59,478
Oct 27, 1984 WPG 3 @ BC 20 Regular Season 59,421
Nov 11, 1984 WPG 31 @ BC 14 Playoffs 59,421
Nov 20, 1983 WPG 21 @ BC 39 Playoffs 59,409
Nov 27, 1983 TOR 18 @ BC 17 Grey Cup Championship 59,345
Aug 20, 1983 WPG 6 @ BC 44 Regular Season 56,852
Nov 14, 2004 SSK 25 @ BC 27 OT Playoffs 55,527
Nov 27, 1994 BAL 23 @ BC 26 Grey Cup Championship 55,097
Visitor Top 10
Date Game Season Attendance
Aug 22, 1978 BC 26 @ MTL 30 Regular Season 65,132
Oct 10, 1982 BC 1 @ EDM 30 Regular Season 59,979
Nov 22, 2009 BC 18 @ MTL 56 Playoffs 53,792
Nov 15, 1981 BC 16 @ EDM 22 Playoffs 52,861
Aug 12, 1983 BC 43 @ EDM 13 Regular Season 52,765
Sep 11, 1992 BC 34 @ EDM 20 Regular Season 48,793
Oct 27, 1985 BC 42 @ EDM 29 Regular Season 48,193
Sep 24, 2005 BC 20 @ EDM 37 Regular Season 48,048
Sep 28, 1984 BC 34 @ EDM 32 Regular Season 47,015
Oct 30, 1976 BC 16 @ TOR 25 Regular Season 45,404
BC Lions Attendance Records
Pre-Season Regular Season Playoffs
Max Total Attendance 1983: 84,456 1986: 419,738 1964: 61,051
Min Total Attendance 2015: 6,117 2021: 87,552 2016: 19,176
Max Avg. Attendance 1983: 42,228.0 1986: 46,637.6 1985: 59,478.0
Min Avg. Attendance 2015: 6,117.0 2021: 12,507.4 2016: 19,176.0
Max % Capacity 2015: 179.33% 1964: 100.39% 1959: 105.00%
Min % Capacity 2001: 22.73% 1998: 39.75% 2022: 57.40%
Single Game Attendance Record High 1983: 53,472 (CGY @ BC) 1985: 59,478 (WPG @ BC),
1986: 59,478 (EDM @ BC)		 1985: 59,478 (WPG @ BC)
Single Game Attendance Record Low 2015: 6,117 (EDM @ BC) 1954: 10,775 (SSK @ BC) 2016: 19,176 (WPG @ BC)

Regular Season only

Stadium Games Total Average
BC Place Stadium 332 9,187,680 27,673.7
Empire Stadium 231 5,945,453 25,737.9
Empire Field 14 340,428 24,316.3

Regular Season only

Opponent Games Total Average
Saskatchewan 100 2,748,554 27,485.5
Edmonton 104 2,858,188 27,482.6
Winnipeg 90 2,452,199 27,246.7
Toronto 50 1,351,983 27,039.7
Calgary 100 2,659,110 26,591.1
Montreal 39 1,027,878 26,355.8
Hamilton 50 1,276,057 25,521.1
Ottawa 37 936,937 25,322.6
San Antonio 2 49,074 24,537.0
Baltimore 1 23,999 23,999.0
Las Vegas 1 22,701 22,701.0
Shreveport 2 44,933 22,466.5
Birmingham 1 21,948 21,948.0
BC Lions All-Time Attendance Summary
Games Total Avg.
All games, all seasons 695 18,386,193 26,455
Number of sellout games, all seasons 48 1,639,515 34,157
Number of announced/virtual sellout games, all seasons 63 2,106,217 33,432
Games in database missing attendance 4 -- --
BC Lions Games missing attendance
Date Game Season
Jul 15, 1965 CGY 7 @ BC 5 Exhibition
Sep 18, 1965 MTL 11 @ BC 6 Regular Season
Jul 17, 1967 HAM 0 @ BC 3 Exhibition
Jun 03, 2022 SSK 18 @ BC 20 Pre-season

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