5% and 2.35% over that period but opposite the trend of fluctuation in overall spending The result is approximately $23.5 billion spend each year in the U.S. attending sporting events like the 82 games per year at the Boston Garden Average U.S. households spent more attending sports events while incomes fell after 2007, and less as incomes increased since then Households in the Northeast region including Boston spend higher on "apparel and services"

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