Last year, the Detroit Lions put up the lowest attendance numbers in the league. Only three NFL teams averaged less than 60,000 people per home game, and the Lions were the worst of them with an average attendance of 51,522—their lowest average since 2010. It was so bad that by the end of the season, attendance dropped to 45,211 in their Week 15 bout against the Arizona Cardinals—the lowest attendance for a single Lions home game since 2009.
On Monday, Lions team president Rod Wood provided a little important context to those numbers. For one, COVID restrictions had a significant impact on sales.