The Portland Trailblazers sold out 814 consecutive home games from 1977 to 1995, which is the standing record for any top-tier professional franchise. If minor leagues are included, the Dayton Dragons (class A affiliates of the Cincinnati Reds) win the prize. They sold out their 815th straight in July of 2011.
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Sellout streaks through the end of the 2008 regular season:
1. Washington Redskins ... 327
2. Pittsburgh Steelers ... 307
3. Denver Broncos ... 301
4. San Franciso 49ers ... 267
5. New York Giants ... 264
6. Green Bay Packers ... 261*
7. New York Jets ... 257
8. Chicago Bears ... 198
9. Dallas Cowboys ... 161
10. New England Patriots ... 159
11. Kansas City Chiefs ... 149
12. Baltimore Ravens ... 104
13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... 88
14. Indianapolis Colts ... 81
15. Philadelphia Eagles ... 80
15. Tennessee Titans ... 80
* does not include undisclosed number of games played in Milwaukee, where the Packers played half of their home schedule from 1933 - 1992.
Note that several of these teams carry their sell-out streaks through multiple expansions or even replacements of their home stadiums. Stadium capacity is not uniform across cities or over different time periods for the same stadium.
Source: Schoettle, Anthony
Publication: Indianapolis Business Journal
Date: Monday, January 5 2009
The NHL's Colorado Avalanche sold out every home game from their move to Denver until early 2006 - a total of 487 consecutive games, the longest officially recorded sellout streak in sports.
Actually...^^^ is wrong...Starting on April 5 of 1977, Portland Trail Blazers began a sellout streak of 814 straight games-the longest in sports history-which did not end until 1995, after the team moved into a larger facility. Nearly double of Colorado Avalanche.
It has not been proven, but there are reports that the Toronto Maple Leafs have sold out every home game since 1946. This has been debated, but the fact that you can not get a ticket in Toronto and it is the hardest NHL ticket to get, it might make sense and even during the bad days in the '80's and the past four years, the Leafs still sell out.