The University of Iowa led the nation in attendance in 2023-24 for a record 17th straight year. The Hawks had 89,082 fans attend a dual meet in legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena for an average of 14,847 fans per dual meet.
Penn State(7,337 fans per dual) was second and Iowa State(6,691 fans per dual) was third.
This marked the 25th straight year that Iowa has averaged more than 8,000 fans per dual meet.
Iowa has led the nation in attendance in every season that Tom Brands has been the head coach starting with the 2006-07 season.
Iowa has led the nation in home attendance in 21 of the 22 seasons it has been tracked.
What has impressed me the most is that Iowa has sold out Carver-Hawkeye Arena in early November before the start of the season in each of the last three years. That is amazing.
Hawk fans will be looking forward to seeing the Hawks make their entrance from the new state of the art wrestling facility through a tunnel and onto the floor of Carver Hawkeye Arena. A sellout crowd will be more than ready to go. I cannot wait.
The full Iowa Wrestling schedule for the 2023-24 season was released on October 17 last year. I will keep you up to date when the 2024-25 schedule is released.
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
Todd Conner
