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e Super 7 football championships drew fewer fans in nearly a decade, thanks to an historic snow fall Friday.
Snow began falling Friday morning and threatened to postpone the championship tripleheader at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, but AHSAA officials opted to play on despite the weather.
Friday's session of championship games for Classes 2A, 4A and 6A drew just 11,659 fans, according to attendance figures provided by the AHSAA, and the three-day total of 35,921 is the lowest since the AHSAA moved to the three-day format in 2014. Attendance had grown in each of the last three years.
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The championship games had drawn at least 41,000 fans every year since 2009, when the games left Birmingham and moved to a biennial rotation involving Tuscaloosa and Auburn. In 2012, when Opelika played Hoover in the 6A championship game in nearby Auburn, the event drew a record 61,048 fans.
The AHSAA moved all championship football games to a neutral site in 1996, dubbing it the Super 6 at Birminghamās Legion Field.
Check out Super 7 attendance through the years:
Super 7 2017 Day2014201520162017
Wednesday11,11211,78610,0329,430
Thursday11,80213,30212,56714,832
Friday18,34120,14126,75411,659
Total41,25545,22949,35335,921
What most of them. Saw one of mt school go down!
e Super 7 football championships drew fewer fans in nearly a decade, thanks to an historic snow fall Friday.
Snow began falling Friday morning and threatened to postpone the championship tripleheader at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, but AHSAA officials opted to play on despite the weather.
Friday's session of championship games for Classes 2A, 4A and 6A drew just 11,659 fans, according to attendance figures provided by the AHSAA, and the three-day total of 35,921 is the lowest since the AHSAA moved to the three-day format in 2014. Attendance had grown in each of the last three years.
RELATED: Hoover clobbers McGill-Toolen, wins Class 7A title
RELATED: Pinson Valley wins first football title, takes 1A crown
RELATED: St. Paul's rallies for Class 5A championship
RELATED: UMS-Wright plays in snow, wins Class 4A title
RELATED: Look back at Hillcrest-Evergreen's win in Class 3A title game
RELATED: Rewind Sweet Water's win in the Class 1A title game
The championship games had drawn at least 41,000 fans every year since 2009, when the games left Birmingham and moved to a biennial rotation involving Tuscaloosa and Auburn. In 2012, when Opelika played Hoover in the 6A championship game in nearby Auburn, the event drew a record 61,048 fans.
The AHSAA moved all championship football games to a neutral site in 1996, dubbing it the Super 6 at Birminghamās Legion Field.
Check out Super 7 attendance through the years:
Super 7 2017 Day2014201520162017
Wednesday11,11211,78610,0329,430
Thursday11,80213,30212,56714,832
Friday18,34120,14126,75411,659
Total41,25545,22949,35335,921
What most of them. Saw one of mt school go down!
