Fayetteville Hosts Most Attended NCAA Regional

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Seven years after hosting its last NCAA Regional, Baum Stadium was the site of the most-attended regional during the opening round of the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. A total of 67,704 fans were in attendance for the Fayetteville Regional which ranked first among the 16 host sites around the country. The regional also featured Missouri State, Oklahoma State and Oral Roberts.

The fans in attendance at the Fayetteville Regional were treated to a weekend of games that featured seven games and five one-run decisions, including the final four games of the regional. More than 9,000 fans were in the seats for each of Arkansas’ five regional games with attendance surpassing the 10,000 mark in three of those contests. The Razorbacks’ opening game against Oral Roberts was played in front of 11,088 fans, the fifth-largest attendance in Baum Stadium history.

NCAA Regional Sites # of Games Total Attendance Fayetteville, Ark. 7 67,704 Baton Rouge, La. 6 62,881 Lubbock, Texas 7 33,124 Hattiesburg, Miss. 7 29,550 Clemson, S.C. 7 28,498 Lexington, Ky. 7 23,558 Fort Worth, Texas 6 23,120 Tallahassee, Fla. 7 21,539 Houston, Texas 6 20,340 Corvallis, Ore. 6 20,058 Louisville, Ky. 6 17,707 Long Beach, Calif. 7 16,670 Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 16,166 Gainesville, Fla. 7 14,124 Stanford, Calif. 6 10,128 Winston-Salem, N.C. 6 8,997 Total 104 414,164

Through the regional round of the NCAA Tournament, Arkansas is second in the nation in total attendance, closing out its home slate with 289,421 fans passing through the gates at Baum Stadium this season. There were six home games this year with 10,000 or more fans in attendance.

Attendance Opponent Date 11,827 No. 13 LSU April 8, 2017 11,088 Oral Roberts June 2, 2017 10,891 Miami (OH) Feb. 18, 2017 10,741 No. 13 LSU April 7, 2017 10,527 No. 21 Missouri State June 5, 2017 10,369 No. 21 Missouri State June 3, 2017

The Razorbacks were hosting their sixth NCAA Regional in program history, and first since the 2010 season. Coming off a 26-29 campaign in 2016, head coach Dave Van Horn and the Razorbacks responded with a 45-19 record for the program’s seventh 40-win season in the past 10 years.

For more information regarding Razorback Athletics, please visit ArkansasRazorbacks.com.