The Dayton Dragons’ 11th season in the Midwest League featured a new single season Single-A and franchise attendance record as well as the extension of the club’s consecutive game sell-out streak. The Dragons will be within reach in 2011 of the all-time professional sports record for consecutive sell-outs.

The Dragons completed their 2010 season on Monday with an attendance total for the year of 597,433, breaking the Single-A record previously held by the Dragons of 593,663 in 2004. This is the fourth time that the franchise has set or reset the Single-A record. The Dragons have led all of Single-A baseball in attendance in each of their 11 seasons. The Dragons averaged 8,535 per date over 70 home openings in 2010.

Each of the Dragons 70 home games in 2010 resulted in sell-outs, extending the Dragons sell-out streak to 774 consecutive games. This is the longest sell-out streak in professional baseball history and the second longest in professional sports history. Every Dragons game ever played at Fifth Third Field since the club’s inception in 2000 has been a sell-out.

The Dragons are in position to tie the all-time record of 814 consecutive sell-outs by the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, with the Dragons 40th home date of the 2011 season. Barring rain-outs, the projected date to break the record is July of 2011.

Longest Sell-Outs Streaks in Professional Sports History

             No.  Team                      League                                 Years

• 814 Portland Trail Blazers (National Basketball Association) 1977-’95
• 774 Dayton Dragons Minor League Baseball 2000-’10
• 662 Boston Celtics National Basketball Association 1980-’95
• 620 Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball 2003-’10 (through 9/6; projected 631 through end of 2010 season)
• 610 Chicago Bulls (National Basketball Association) 1987-’00

For the 11th straight year, the Dragons also finished in the top-10 in all of Minor League Baseball in attendance as they surpassed the 6.5 million mark in 2010. The team enjoyed a 95 percent renewal rate of 2009 season ticket holders into the 2010 season.