Big O to be used for CONCACAF Champions League Quarter Finals

[zidja]

Great news! It looks like the home leg of the quarter finals against Santos Laguna will actually be at home!
As long as they can manage to keep ice and snow off the roof, support cables, and tower during the run-up to the game, things are a go! This is going to be awesome.

http://www.canoe.com/sports/nouvelles/archives/2009/01/20090108-130832.html

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NjjFe6TIUto/RpqxOlZj7hI/AAAAAAAAAmU/ZxBrv2-M_qs/s640/DSC01843.JPG (from the u-20s in 2007)

[Chef Medeski]

GREAT NEWS!!

I can't wait. Hopefully we can provide a great environment to attract even more people for the semi-finals!!

[canuck51]

good to see the game will at least be in Montreal. Hopefully you guys can get a big crowd out.

[NF-FC]

Now they just gotta start hyping the shit out of this game and sell some tickets

[thomas19064]

great to hear this for you guys... hopefully weather isn't an issue.

[FC Zanarkand Abes!]

That seems a little unfair... :D

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m122/malice_mizerxxx/bigo.jpg

[impact2009]

Now they just gotta start hyping the shit out of this game and sell some tickets

Looks good so far...

http://www.bcsoccerweb.com/articles-january/impact-jan-14-ccl.htm

[NF-FC]

what is the capacity of the lower bowl? and is the extra seating from the grey cup still there or has it been removed already?

[Daniel from Montréal]

what is the capacity of the lower bowl? and is the extra seating from the grey cup still there or has it been removed already?

No extra seating: 55k permanent seats.

I think lower bowl is about half (28k or so):
http://www.admission.com/image/stadeconcacaf.jpg

Looks like they've put around 35k tickets available to the public.

[NF-FC]

which way does the tv camera face?

[Daniel from Montréal]

Cameras face "down" on the stadium plan.

[NF-FC]

I wonder why they put the Santos supporters section across from the camera then? Also, any more updates on tickets sales?

[Covert]

10,000 tickets were sold in less than a week. I will be buying mine on wensday.

[filbox]

10,000 tickets were sold in less than a week. I will be buying mine on wensday.

U better hurry, I just got mine and the clerk told me that they've sold over 20 000.. The good seats are going fast, u'll get stuck in the nose bleads... The VIPs are all gone and they may even have to open more sections.

[Daniel from Montréal]

400 of 1,100 sold in the supporters section

[NF-FC]

wow, not bad considering there's still 5 weeks to go. Fill that muthaf**ka up Montreal!

[WhiteStar Warriors]

Less than two weeks since ticket sales started, the Montreal Impact announced Monday that more than 20,000 tickets have been sold for the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, that will take place on February 25 at Olympic Stadium.

That's great at least someone is showing a attendance example

[zidja]

The high ticket sales are encouraging, and will definitely be a highlight in a long winter without live soccer to watch. I wonder what the percentage of Santos/Mexican league fans will be? I know if this game were in most any part of the US, the away fans would definitely be in the majority.

[Covert]

In the game against Atlante a good half of the fans in the stadium were Mexican (I was at the game). What I find funny is that I saw very few Atlante fans, rather they were all there to support 'Mexico', and not the actual team. I expect the same against Santos.

[manic]

I don't think there were that many mexican fans at the Atlante game, at least in the south stand. And they were mostly quiet except for yelling "puto" every time Jordan kicked the ball. A lot of mexicans come as laborers in the summer or fall and may not be around in february.

I hear they sell 1000 tickets a day, will get 30k for sure, maybe 40k.