The Chicago Cubs Wednesday reached three millions fans at Wrigley Field for the sixth season in a row and are one of only five major league franchises to surpass the mark every year starting in 2004.

"We thank our fans for their extraordinary support of this franchise as Wrigley Field welcomes its three millionth fan for the sixth season in a row," said Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney. "We also thank the city of Chicago for helping us welcome so many guests to Wrigley Field in 2009."

The Cubs are the only Chicago professional sports team to ever reach three million in attendance and are one of only five teams in Major League Baseball to have reached three million fans in each of the last six seasons, joining the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees.

Through 77 home games, the club has played in front of 3,056,781 fans with four games still to play.

The Cubs rank 6th in the league in total attendance behind the Angels, Cardinals, Phillies, Dodgers, and Yankees.

The Cubs ranked 7th in total attendance last season, drawing 3,300,200, when they won the NL Central in a stronger economy.

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cub sufferer
written by stevzabs, October 01, 2009

Sad. I was sitting in the bleachers in the 70's when 15,000 would typically show up. The Cubs continue to not only lose, but insult the fans with lack of effort and constant choking. The fact that Wrigley has become "hip" is a joke. Half the people are there for the beer and to say "I've been to Wrigley Field." Tear the thing down and build a field in Arlington Heights or somewhere. Then the Cubs would be closer to their demographic. They may actually win.

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