The BBL|14 season saw record fan support at the Gabba, with the Heat setting a new membership record of 17,960, up from 14,379 in BBL|13.
This helped translate into huge crowd numbers, with a total of 132,905 fans coming through the gates at the Gabba across five games at an average attendance of 26,581 per match, up from 24,353 in BBL|14.
A total of 141,458 fans attended BBL and WBBL games this summer, a 7% increase from 2023-24.
This included two BBL sell outs, the first time the feat has been achieved in six seasons, plus a sold out WBBL semi-final at Allan Border Field.
The Big Bash League kept its position as Australia’s most watched sporting competition on a per-game basis, enjoying a 20% year-on-year increase in viewership across Channel Seven and Foxtel.
The Heat’s December 29 game against the Sydney Sixers at the Gabba was watched by an average of 1.09 million viewers, making it the club’s highest-rating home and away game since BBL|08.
Additionally, WBBL viewership was up 38% per game year-on-year with the competition the most-watched sporting league in Australia across October – November.
