A new stadium spectator record was set in the cup semifinal against Brann in 1967, which was watched by 25,551 people.
Is this, as Peter Preston argued in the Guardian, "mental illness as the new spectator sport" in which the journalists who bring news and pictures of her latest escapades - assisted by an assortment of unnamed people described as friends, pals, confidantes and relatives - are working on our behalf?
The eight tennis courts had been resurfaced and restored to mint condition, with rows of new spectator benches.
In the new Spectator, James Forsyth reports some jaw-dropping stories: one cabinet minister was allegedly so frustrated by his department's refusal to answer his questions that he asked a friendly MP to table a Freedom of Information request to extract the desired response.
However, there are plans to rebuild the in-run, expand the large hill and build new spectator stands and visitor facilities.
But oh how those thousands of new spectators would have benefitted from seeing a decent game, not the dire, dour dirge both sides served up in Stratford.
Buntine hopes that the experience will win new spectators for traditional eventing rather than steal them away.
'Street Meets', like the hugely successful event in Manchester city centre, attract new spectators to the sport, and Coe said in his manifesto he wants to consider an 'IAAF Street Athletics' circuit in major cities across the world.
If you like the sound of that, then there are plenty of clubs all over the country that are taking part and offering some great deals to get new spectators to come along.
Tells about the Wave, a new phenomenon among spectators.
