David Lange
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The graph depicts the total attendance at the Summer and Winter X Games events from 1995 to 2020. In 2020, the attendance for the Winter X Games in Aspen was 111,500. The X Games is an event organized by ESPN and features competitions in action sports like BMX, skateboarding, and freestyle motocross.
The X Games
The X Games is a sporting event which focuses on Action Sports such as motocross, skateboard, BMX, snowboarding and slopestyle skiing. The X Games are arranged and controlled by the American sports cable television network ESPN. The event is held twice per year – the Summer X Games in August and the Winter X Games in January/February. The first X Games were held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island. Beginning in 2013, the X Games were expanded to six events per calendar year for at least the next three years.
Attendance at the X Games has varied over the years. The first X Games in 1995 were attended by approximately 198 thousand people. The highest total attendance so far was reached at the fifth edition of the event in 1999 when almost 270 thousand people attended the event. The most recent Winter X Games in Aspen in 2020 were attended by 111.5 thousand people.
The X Games
The X Games is a sporting event which focuses on Action Sports such as motocross, skateboard, BMX, snowboarding and slopestyle skiing. The X Games are arranged and controlled by the American sports cable television network ESPN. The event is held twice per year – the Summer X Games in August and the Winter X Games in January/February. The first X Games were held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island. Beginning in 2013, the X Games were expanded to six events per calendar year for at least the next three years.
Attendance at the X Games has varied over the years. The first X Games in 1995 were attended by approximately 198 thousand people. The highest total attendance so far was reached at the fifth edition of the event in 1999 when almost 270 thousand people attended the event. The most recent Winter X Games in Aspen in 2020 were attended by 111.5 thousand people.
