With the 1998 show, now renamed Wizard World Chicago, attendance jumped to 25,000, at a charge of $20 per day or $40 for three days.

After accreditation, the zoo's attendance jumped to 200,000.

The first of these postgraduate training institutes was held in 1978 with 400 participants; the most recent was held two years ago and attendance jumped to 1,200.

In 2006, under the leadership of the Hero Thrill Show, Inc., attendance jumped to over 13,000 spectators.

While attendance at networking events has jumped over the last year along with the unemployment rate, alumni donations have plummeted.

Average attendance at SMU home games jumped from 25,644 in the previous year to 51,960 in the 1978 season.

The result: monthly attendances immediately jumped by as much as 20%.

In six weeks, attendance has jumped by 46 percent, and more than 150,000 people have paid an extra $3 to see the pandas.

In addition, attendance at the park jumped 21.5 percent, to 10.7 million visitors, and the company's hotels increased their revenue by 16 percent.

While television ratings and attendance initially jumped at Jordan's return to the game last season, those numbers have flattened this season.