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Blue Jays Fans Eat About 92,000 Loonie Dogs to Set Single-Game Record at Rogers Centre

The $1 promotion yielded roughly 2.2 hot dogs per attendee, with outlets posting slightly different final totals.

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Overview

  • Announced attendance was 42,235, translating to approximately 2.18 hot dogs per fan based on the reported totals.
  • Reported end-of-night counts varied across sources, including 92,063, 92,103 and 92,221, with one unverified claim of 96,633.
  • In-game updates showed 85,386 dogs by the sixth inning and a video-board counter surpassing 88,000 before the final tally.
  • The previous single-game mark was 84,731, set on July 22 during a game against the Yankees.
  • Toronto lost to Minnesota 7-5 after Jeff Hoffman allowed two ninth-inning home runs, and two more Loonie Dog nights are scheduled for Sept. 9 and Sept. 23 as the season total chases last year’s record of 727,819.