Editing Progressive Field (section)

==Attendance records==
Progressive Field set a new MLB record between June 12, 1995 and April 4, 2001, in selling out 455 straight games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indians' Record-Setting Sellout Streak Over|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/indians/2001-04-04-sellout.htm|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=April 5, 2001|access-date=February 3, 2009}}</ref> Demand for tickets was so great that all 81 home games were sold out before opening day in five separate seasons.<ref name="Progressive Field PDF"/> The Indians [[Cleveland Indians#Retired numbers|retired]] the number 455 in honor of the sellout record. The [[Boston Red Sox]] later surpassed this record when [[Fenway Park]] recorded 456 straight sellouts on September 9, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fenway Park Sellout for Record 456th Straight Game|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/09/sports/NA-BBA-Red-Sox-Record-Sellout.php|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|date=September 9, 2008|access-date=September 9, 2008}}</ref> The record for the largest attendance at Progressive Field was set in Game 3 of the [[1997 American League Division Series|1997 ALDS]] when 45,274 people attended the game.<ref name="Progressive Field PDF"/> On Saturday, April 2, 2011, the Indians' lowest attendance record was broken with a very small crowd of 9,853,<ref name=pd20110402/> and again the following day with an even smaller attendance figure of 8,726.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indians Turn Triple Play in First Win of Season, 7-1, Over White Sox|first=Dennis|last=Manoloff|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/04/indians_triple_play.html|newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]]|location=Cleveland|date=April 3, 2011|access-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref>