Fan Support
The Blue Bombers set attendance records in 2011, most noticeably the club posted six consecutive sell-outs at Canad Inns Stadium in the regular season in addition to selling out the Eastern Division Championship game. The average regular season home attendance for the Blue Bombers in 2011 was 29,532, which set a franchise record, eclipsing the mark of 28,739 set in 1985. The Blue Bombers sold a record 21,155 season tickets in 2011, and surpassed the 260,000-attendance mark for the first time in their history. The Blue Bombers were presented the inaugural Best Marketing & Ticket Campaign Award at the 2012 CFL Congress for the great marketing campaign that resulted in the football club's great fan support for the 2011 CFL football season.
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