View Full Version : Is the CCL profitable?
pc4th
27 Nov 2008, 01:27 AM
3 main revenue generators: TV revenue, ticket revenue, sponsorship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONCACAF_Champions_League_2008%E2%80%9309
316,448 (5,188 per match)
hereje
04 Feb 2009, 07:45 PM
i don't think is profitable i don't think it will ever be, at least not in central america and the caribbean due to their economic problems. people love their teams, they'd love to go to the stadium they just don't have the money to do it. as the tournament gets closer to its final stages the average attendance in north america will increase.
562nation
05 Feb 2009, 06:11 PM
Its going to take time. The currupt runnung the central american feds primarily ES and Guatemala need to stop funneling money to their pockets and actually invest in the sport and infastructure. better competition is better money for everyone.
aerez
08 Feb 2009, 08:18 PM
It's not profitable, but it's a step in the right direction to conform the region into a better organized soccer region which should theoretically in the future lead to profit.
Nazzer
08 Feb 2009, 11:39 PM
Also, it needs to be remembered that CONCACAF stated that they pay a portion of the travel costs for teams during the Champions League, so if it isn't profitable its not as big a deal as it could be. Although having said that many teams in the Caribbean still can't afford to participate in the CFU Club Championship.
zidja
09 Feb 2009, 12:12 AM
It will be in Montreal. Apparently they've sold over 45,000 tickets for the quarter final game.
destruktion
09 Feb 2009, 12:27 AM
It will be in Montreal. Apparently they've sold over 45,000 tickets for the quarter final game.
wow, nice support.
AdamSoucie
10 Feb 2009, 12:41 AM
Does it really matter if its profitable? If CONCACAF didn't have a club championship, could they expect to get any respect in the rest of the world?
zidja
10 Feb 2009, 04:58 PM
Apparently they've sold over 45,000 tickets for the quarter final game. My apologies, but I have a correction. As of today there's "over 35,000" according to the newspaper. I got that 45k number from a another forum and it seems that it's not true (yet!... there's still 2 weeks of ticket sales to go)
Nerroth
13 Feb 2009, 03:33 PM
It's up to over 42,000 (http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1065&Focus=0) now! Already a CONCACAF record.
Damn, I wish Montréal was still in the running for MLS expansion in 2011...
AdamSoucie
13 Feb 2009, 06:34 PM
As great as that is, let's hope all those ticket sales can translate into goals. They're going to need them for the 2nd leg in Mexico.
FlashMan
15 Feb 2009, 04:58 PM
It's up to over 42,000 (http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1065&Focus=0) now! Already a CONCACAF record.
Damn, I wish Montréal was still in the running for MLS expansion in 2011...
That's still an amazing number. They're obviously really pushing this game as a "big-league" contest and something important to sell so many tickets. Kudos to them.
TrueCrew
15 Feb 2009, 09:53 PM
Canada could be the sleeping giant of CONCACAF, I think they deserve, and hope they get, their own league eventually.
They could do 8-10 teams just fine. Play 4 times each.
I'm not saying kick anyone out of MLS, just eventually, I think:
Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, and Quebec seem solid prospects to me.
And Hamilton, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg are all over 500k.
London, Halifax, Windsor, Victoria, and St. Catherines-Niagra Falls might be able to support a team as well.
The enthusiasm shown by Toronto, and Montreal has been off the charts.
AdamSoucie
15 Feb 2009, 11:16 PM
I don't see a secondary league, but more of an NHL arrangement. Provided Canadian teams did better in CONCACAF competitions, they might earn an extra spot.
Naui_Ocelotl
16 Feb 2009, 03:29 AM
Hopefully they can put some natural grass down before that game, it would be a shame to have such a match on thet awful turf.
Daniel from Montréal
16 Feb 2009, 09:33 PM
Hopefully they can put some natural grass down before that game, it would be a shame to have such a match on thet awful turf.
It will be artificial turf. Can you say home field advantage? :D
Naui_Ocelotl
16 Feb 2009, 10:13 PM
It will be artificial turf. Can you say home field advantage? :D
Doesn't Montréal Impact normally play their matches at Stade Puto or something like that? :D If so that wouldn't be much of a home field advantage since Montréal isn't used to the green rug either.
It's a shame a match with so much expectation won't be played on a proper pitch.
Nerroth
16 Feb 2009, 11:30 PM
Stade Saputo.
And as I posted elsewhere:
Bear in mind that the Olympic Stadium has no tenant team at the moment, and prior to this use by the Impact has only been used as a home venue by the Alouettes Canadian football team during the CFL playoffs. (The Als play at Molson Stadium, on the McGill University campus, for their regular season games.)
Installing a natural grass pitch in these circumstances would be a tall order, for now at least.
zidja
16 Feb 2009, 11:44 PM
The turf (Same turf used in the grey cup 2008), has been installed. The team is practicing on it until game day:
http://www.montrealimpact.com/PepePhoto/Images/Photo1-7777.jpg
Naui_Ocelotl
17 Feb 2009, 02:54 AM
Stade Saputo.
And as I posted elsewhere:
I know it's Saputo I was simply making a joke man. :D
The turf (Same turf used in the grey cup 2008), has been installed. The team is practicing on it until game day:
http://www.montrealimpact.com/PepePhoto/Images/Photo1-7777.jpg
That doesn't look too bad. I suppose it could be worse like when they used that big green mat for stickball games back in the day.