Lookouts having a better year in the seats than on the field

By David Paschall May 12, 2014 3 min read

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The Chattanooga Lookouts are faring much better at the turnstiles than in the standings a quarter of the way into the Southern League season.

Chattanooga entered Sunday with a healthy average attendance of 4,042 at AT&T Field. The Lookouts averaged 3,395 fans during last year’s rain-plagued season, and this year’s pace is ahead of 2012, when they averaged 3,522.

That season was Chattanooga’s best at AT&T since 2004.

“We’ve had a tremendous start this year,” Lookouts general manager Rich Mozingo said Sunday afternoon. “The city has shown up, and I think we’ve put together a good product for them to come out and see. We’ve had a Star Wars night and some fireworks nights, and it’s just been a tremendous start.”

Mother’s Day crowds have typically been minuscule, and Sunday was no exception as an audience of 1,500 watched the Lookouts drop a 4-2 decision to Huntsville.

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.