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From Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine's January 2001 Issue

According to American Sports Data Inc., paintball has recently moved ahead of snowboarding as the fourth largest alternative sport in the United States. Their study concluded that more than 5,900,000 people played paintball at least one time in 1999, and that 793,000 play at least fifteen times per year. The results of a recent Paintball 2Xtremes poll of paintball field operators in the U.S. shows that the average player spends around $44 each time out to the paintball field. Simple math indicates that those 5,900,000 people spent approximately $259,600,000 in 1999, and that number does not account for people that played more than one time in 1999.

Paintball facts:

• Major Magazines 16 — approximate circulation 420,000 copies
  
• Paintball stores in the U.S. Approximately 1,160
  
• Paintball fields in the U.S. Approximately 950
  
• Number of players worldwide More than 11,600,000
  
• Number of competing teams in the U.S. 5,500
  
• Paintball products carried by K-Mart 176
  
• Number of paintball web sites 1,827
  
• Countries where paintball is played 104
  
• Number of series' or league events in U.S. 220
  
• Paintguns sold in the U.S. per month Approximately 67,000
  
• Universities with paintball clubs/programs 105