The average attendance was 25,842 per game, 3,500 above the season average but typical for an early August series before school begins and with summer-like weather. Lines stretched far enough that security was seen walking around the main entrance at Gate 34, thanking fans for their patience. The lines for food were long, enough so that fans had to pay attention to the concourse TVs to avoid missing the action.
The Twins, who have won five of eight games, are 6½ games out of the playoffs and sit at 56-62 on the season. Before the trade deadline, they were coming off a 13-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox that put their record at 51-57.
As for the rest of the season, how many fans will use the tickets they have purchased? Attendance the past two Septembers — when the Twins were winning the division in 2023 and in the playoff race until late in 2024 — was steady.
“I don’t know what the outcome of the next couple of weeks with a young team is going to be,” said Sean Moore, the Twins chief revenue officer, “but you might see the call-ups of some of these young prospects that were brought up actually bring people out to the ballpark.”
Tim Mahoney, owner of the Loon Cafe, is photographed with Twins memorabilia in 2020. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
The Loon Cafe sits several hundred steps from Gate 34. The restaurant, a hub for baseball connoisseurs, has a motto: “Baseball is spoken here.”