Sitting in the hot seats at the Rockies game on Sunday, I glanced around and was surprised at two things: more Brewers fans and more empty seats than I expected.
A summertime Sunday at Coors Field usually means jam-packed concourses and concession lines, but the crowd of 32,270 was pretty manageable. We had empty seats all around us on the third level above third base. With the temperature at 91 degrees at first pitch, the weather went from sunny to cloudy, and there were periods of a whipping wind
and stagnant heat, but, overall, the weather wouldn’t be a reason not to go on Sunday.
A Dinger bobblehead giveaway to the first 15,000 fans was a big draw, and the theme package honored Denver’s new women’s soccer team — the Denver Summit FC — which is why I went. Both likely provided a bump to the total crowd number. Surrendering seven runs in the sixth inning and another four in the ninth probably emptied out the stands earlier than normal in the 12-4 loss.
While it’s still very early in the season, it seemed like a good time to check on the Rockies attendance numbers. Entering 2026, I was really interested to see whether a new front office would give fans enough hope to buy more tickets, or whether six straight losing seasons — including a historic 119-loss season last year — would continue to keep some fans away.
With 31 home games in the books, the Rockies finished the weekend ranked No. 18 in average attendance at 27,016 and season total of 837,514. With colder temperatures in April and May, the Rockies usually see bigger crowds as the summer rolls on, but that’s the case for a lot of teams. Right now, the Rockies are three spots below where they finished last year when they finished at No. 15 with 30,057 fans per game.
This season, the biggest turnout, of course, came at the home opener when 48,366 turned out to see the Rockies lose 10-1 to the Phillies. Coors Field has surpassed 40,000 two other times vs. the Dodgers this season. With the Cubs coming to town tomorrow and home games against the Dodgers, Red Sox and Cardinals still on the schedule, along with fireworks games on July 3 and 4 against the Giants, there are still some big draws on tap.
The lowest attendance of the season came on May 6 when a spring snowstorm hit Denver. Even though the snow stopped and the sun returned for a 41-degree first pitch temperature, only 11,155 came out to see the Rockies host the Mets.
Most recently, the June 5-7 weekend crowd hit at least 30,000 for each of the three games against the Brewers for a total of 93,939. It’s a number that many teams would be happy with, but one that is lower than average for the Colorado Rockies.
The first weekend series in June in 2025 saw 113,717 fans show up to see Colorado host the Mets. After 31 games in 2025, Coors Field had hosted 811,108 fans, lower than this season, but 2026 is also lower in the MLB rankings. The Rockies were 12-53 overall in 2025 and 6-25 at home.
There are countless factors, that impact attendance, including giveaways, weather, opponent and more. The question for the Rockies is how much the quality of the play and the chances for a victory weigh in.
This season, the Rockies are 24-42 and 12-19 at home. So, the team is better this year and attendance is slightly up in terms of total through 31 home games, but still lower in terms of average turnout per game.
As expected, the numbers are still nowhere near their highs when the Rockies made back-to-back playoff appearances in 2017-2018.
As summer heats up and high-interest teams come to Denver, it will be interesting to see what happens to the game average and MLB ranking this season, especially as connected to the Rockies perfomance.
Have you been to a game this year? Do you plan on going to more? How much do the record and the new front office influence your decisions on buying tickets?
Let us know in the comments!
Personally, I have been to three games so far. The first was great as the Rockies beat Houston 9-1. However, the last two have been blowout losses — 9-1 and 12-4. I think I’ll wait a bit before going back again. I need to see some offense.
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