The Cape Fear Crocs were a minor league baseball team in Fayetteville , North Carolina .
21-884: They were a low Class-A baseball team which played in the South Atlantic League , and were a farm team of the Montreal Expos for the franchise's entire tenure as the Cape Fear Crocs. They played all of their home games at J. P. Riddle Stadium and were previously known as the Fayetteville Generals . Even though the Crocs were a perennial playoff team during their time in the SAL, poor attendance figures and problems having their existing stadium renovated and updated to league standards or even
42-523: A championship for a continental-size region. This section lists college and amateur leagues by total attendance. Remaining amateurism requirements in the majority of top-level sports were dropped in the late 20th century, and there are now only a few amateur leagues which are of interest to a wide public. In the United States, college sports are very popular and at least one significant ice hockey league retains an amateur requirement. In Ireland,
63-473: A championship for the single entity of Europe. It is governed by Euroleague Basketball , an explicitly pan-European body that is independent of the continental governing body of FIBA Europe . This contrasts with leagues such as Super Rugby and the URC , which operate in multiple countries with more than one team in most (Super Rugby) or all (URC) of their participating countries, and also make no pretense of being
84-712: A new downtown stadium built, all proved too much to bear for the ownership of the struggling franchise. Prior to the 2001 season, the Crocs were sold and moved to New Jersey , where they officially became the Lakewood BlueClaws , and dropped their affiliation with the Expos in favor of becoming an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies . Their mascot was the Cape Fear Croc. All players are listed in alphabetical order by their surname, with
105-529: Is almost exclusively stadium field and indoor arena ball sports. Top leagues in weekly attendance includes speedway sports. All listed attendance figures reflect those for the most recent season or event for which: Below is a list of the top sports leagues by average attendance. List is inclusive only of leagues with total season attendance greater than 1,000,000 and an average attendance greater than 15,000. Note that other ticketed activities in motor sports such as practices and qualifying are not included in
126-399: Is generally so high that any stadium or arena would be filled to capacity. For the purposes of this table, "domestic" is defined to include leagues which are historically focused in one country, but may have teams in one or more nearby countries. The EuroLeague in basketball is transnational in that it includes teams from multiple European countries, but is domestic in the sense of being
147-455: The COVID-19 pandemic have not been included. It also includes domestic leagues and competitions. Additionally, it includes the finals of top-level promotion playoffs, in which teams play to determine potential or confirmed promotion to a country's top league level in the next season. The listed crowd figures are often a reflection of a championship venue's capacity, as demand for these events
168-531: The Hickory Crawdads . Notes : • An "^" indicates that team's article redirects to an article of an active team in a different league 2021-2022 team Earlier team The South Atlantic League Hall of Fame was started in 1994. Sports league attendances This article lists the attendance of many sports competitions around the world, based in some cases on the number of tickets sold or given away, rather than people actually present. The list
189-582: The Western Carolinas League , founded in 1963. All of these have been nicknamed "Sally League". There have been several South Atlantic Leagues in the history of minor league baseball, spanning from 1904 to the present with a few breaks. The league ran from 1904 to 1917 as a class C league, then started up again in 1919, also class C. This time it ran from 1919 to 1930, moving up to class B beginning in 1921. William G. Bramham became league president in mid-1924 and served until 1930. The league
210-673: The All-Ireland senior championships in Gaelic football and hurling , both operated by the Gaelic Athletic Association , which continues to prohibit professionalism, each draw over 80,000 to fill Croke Park for the respective finals. The NCAA championships listed here are all composed of several separate conferences with varying attendance levels. For example, in American football, per-game home attendances for
231-507: The dominant figure in the WCL/SAL was league founder and president John Henry Moss , who started the WCL as a young man in 1948, refounded it in 1960 and then led it into the new century. Moss retired at the close of the 2007 South Atlantic League season. He died at age 90 on July 1, 2009, at Kings Mountain, North Carolina —a town where he had also been mayor for 23 years. In 2005, the SAL had
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#1732780428473252-440: The highest attendance in 101 years with over 3,541,992 fans (while minor league baseball set a second straight record with 41,333,279 attendees). When the league last played a season, in 2019, it had 14 teams, divided into two divisions of seven clubs. The start of the 2020 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before ultimately being cancelled on June 30. As part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of
273-577: The highest level of competition, Division I FBS, in the 2018 season ranged from 15,458 for Mid-American Conference teams to 73,994 for Southeastern Conference teams. NCAA Division I FBS football has the 2nd highest average attendance worldwide for any league-wide sport (behind the National Football League) and the 2nd highest overall attendance worldwide (behind Major League Baseball). For college baseball , Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium at Mississippi State University holds
294-537: The league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball 's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues. The league temporarily operated for the 2021 season as the High-A East before reassuming its original moniker in 2022. A number of different leagues known as the South Atlantic League (SAL) have existed since 1904. The most recent SAL adopted the moniker in 1980, having previously been
315-439: The midpoint of the regular season. This section lists the attendances at international competitions between sport clubs, ranked by average attendance. These are usually organised on a continental basis. The teams which compete in these tournaments also compete in the domestic competitions in their home countries. This section lists the attendances at international competitions between national teams. These are usually organised on
336-562: The minor leagues, the South Atlantic League was promoted to High-A and temporarily renamed the "High-A East" for the 2021 season. Following MLB's acquisition of the rights to the names of the historical minor leagues, the High-A East was renamed the South Atlantic League effective with the 2022 season. In July 2024, MiLB announced that the Hub City Spartanburgers will join the South Atlantic League in 2025, replacing
357-468: The number of "games" in a week. Formula 1 attendance represents cumulative weekend attendance. Top race day attendance 141,000 at Silverstone. With average race day attendance 88,555. * Games in a week only by team * Weekly attendance only by team This section lists the most recent attendances at annual championship events (single decider matches or the final match in a best-of series only) by total attendance; however, be advised that figures affected by
378-560: The on-campus attendance record at 15,586 and all of college baseball's Top 11 on-campus largest crowds. This list covers special annual matches for representative sides that are not covered elsewhere by international or domestic fixtures. They include state or regional matches, annual commemorative games and publicly voted all-star selections. This type of event is unknown within European nations, except in basketball; many European domestic leagues in that sport hold an all-star game at roughly
399-648: The year(s) they played for Cape Fear in parentheses. This article about a baseball team in North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . South Atlantic League The South Atlantic League , often informally called the Sally League , is a Minor League Baseball league with teams predominantly in states along the Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to Georgia . A Class A league for most of its history,
420-445: Was around for 46, and Columbia, South Carolina was in 45. Charleston, South Carolina ; Jacksonville, Florida ; Savannah, Georgia ; and Columbus, Georgia ; each competed for at least 29 years also, making for a relatively stable lineup. The South Atlantic League name went unused for 16 years, but in 1980 the Western Carolinas League brought back the name when it sought to change its identity. For nearly 60 years, 1948 through 2007,
441-490: Was restarted again as a class B from 1936 to 1942, shut down as a result of World War II , and returned in 1946 as a class A league. The AA Southern Association (which never integrated ) died after the 1961 season and so the SAL was promoted to AA in 1963 to take its place; a year later the name was changed to the Southern League . Out of the 51 seasons of operation, Augusta, Georgia competed in 46, Macon, Georgia
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