{"id":3993,"date":"2023-03-23T04:59:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/world-baseball-classic-breaks-attendance-records-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T04:59:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:59:40","slug":"world-baseball-classic-breaks-attendance-records-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/world-baseball-classic-breaks-attendance-records-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"World Baseball Classic breaks attendance records in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">The 2023 World Baseball Classic broke attendance records, as well as viewership and merchandise sales records.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event welcomed 1,306,414 people, which is the highest attendance in the history of the tournament. The 2023 total is also a 20% increase on the previous record in 2017 of 1,086,720.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament was hosted across Japan, Taiwan and the US between March 8-21. Samurai Japan was crowned the eventual winner.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s quarterfinal match against Italy was also rated a 48.7 in Japan, making it the most-watched game in World Baseball Classic history. Three 2023 matches are now in the top four most-watched games in tournament history.<\/p>\n<p>Merchandise sales also smashed records, with sales of World Baseball Classic goods through the MLB and retailer Fanatics increasing on 2017\u00a0levels by 149%.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 World Baseball Classic was played across Miami\u2019s LoanDepot Park, Tokyo Dome, Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, and Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium in Taichung, Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts of the 2026 World Baseball Classic are still to be determined.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you, baseball fans, for an ELECTRIC <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldBaseballClassic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldBaseballClassic<\/a> atmosphere from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>See you in 2026! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RI9R4VPck6\">pic.twitter.com\/RI9R4VPck6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 World Baseball Classic (@WBCBaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBCBaseball\/status\/1638425630185324551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div class=\"tax-cat-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Awards<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Tags<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Stadiums<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2023\/03\/23\/world-baseball-classic-breaks-attendance-records-in-2023\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The 2023 World Baseball Classic broke attendance records, as well as viewership and merchandise sales records.\u00a0 This year\u2019s event welcomed 1,306,414 people, which is the highest attendance in the history of the tournament. The 2023 total is also a 20% increase on the previous record in 2017 of 1,086,720. 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