page_title: List of National Hockey League attendance figures
section_title: 2016–17 attendance statistics
hierarchical_section_title: List of National Hockey League attendance figures / 2016–17 attendance statistics
caption_attribution_description: English: A panoramic view of the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, featuring the "C of Red" immediately prior to the Calgary Flames' playoff game against the Chicago Blackhawks.
context_page_description: The National Hockey League is one of the top attended professional sports in the world, as well as one of the top two attended indoor sports in both average and total attendance. As of the 2018–19 season the NHL averaged 17,377 live spectators per game, and 22,002,081 total for the season.
context_section_description: Notes:
  The Detroit Red Wings will move to Little Caesars Arena for the 2017–18 season.
caption: Scotiabank Saddledome
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