SLC Ticket Sales Tracker [Archive] - Page 11

Tonkdaddy14

27 Aug 2009, 10:45 AM

I've been to 3 games so far, each a home game that has been dominated by the away team in terms of fan appearence. Don't let me down Utah.

turkas

27 Aug 2009, 03:46 PM

As I noted a bit earlier, the ticket prices are considerably higher this time around, and you have that other sport they call football here in the states to compete with. I will be quite embarrassed if we can't sell this thing out.

The sad thing is that all around the country, wherever they put a qualifier, they can't enough US fans to buy the seats with the result being seats that are either empty or filled with fans for the visiting team.

The NFL season doesn't start until the weekend after.

ThreeApples

27 Aug 2009, 03:54 PM

The NFL season doesn't start until the weekend after.Utah doesn't have an NFL team but has some college teams that are locally popular. One of them is playing a huge game at the same time as USA-ES.

asdf2

27 Aug 2009, 06:22 PM

Will there be enough of a walk up for a sell out?

FW__

27 Aug 2009, 11:20 PM

If there are only 3,000 tickets left 9 days out I don't see how it won't sellout. I also don't think there will be 10,000 ES fans but who knows.

nancyb

28 Aug 2009, 11:07 AM

I think there will be 10K El Salvador fans. There's a big El Salvador presence in LA and I can see them showing in numbers.

And, yeah, I know that there weren't many CR fans at the game 4 years ago, but the population of CR ex-pats in the US is probably only 5% the number of Salvadorans here.

chris4usa

28 Aug 2009, 11:40 AM

I think there will be 10K El Salvador fans. There's a big El Salvador presence in LA and I can see them showing in numbers.

And, yeah, I know that there weren't many CR fans at the game 4 years ago, but the population of CR ex-pats in the US is probably only 5% the number of Salvadorans here.

I attended the 2007 Edition of the Gold Cup and El Salvador was in the same group as the U.S. The two games the USMNT played @ the Home Depot Center were vs. Guatemala and Trinidad & Tobago. But the presence of El Salvador fans was everywhere and there fans heavily cheered against the USMNT both times. They will travel and the with the apparent apathy of some fans here in Utah this might look like we're playing in San Salvador. For this reason everyone needs to bring U.S. flags! We know that the supporters section is going to be very patriotic and there will be plenty of Red but we need others in the stadium to pick up the slack i.e. -"the casual" U.S. fans.
Also does anyone know if Nike is setting up a booth before the game with the Don't Tread on Me t-shirts that they have handed out at previous games? I know they brought out a Nike trailor for the Mexico/U.S. match.
Can't wait for next weekend!

Master O

28 Aug 2009, 02:59 PM

... but the presence of El Salvador fans was everywhere and there fans heavily cheered against the USMNT both times. They will travel and ...with the apparent apathy of some fans here in Utah this might look like we're playing in San Salvador. s

You should've seen USA vs Honduras in Chicago. Chicago was literally invaded by an ocean of Blue and White-clad Honduran fans while the stadium itself must have been easily 90% Pro-Honduras. Any game against Mexico will have a similar crowd pro away team makeup.

Anyway, play almost any Spanish-speaking country from this hemisphere [excluding those in the Carribbean that play baseball] in the US and expect it to be that way. It's been that way for decades. Accept it, as it won't change in our lifetimes; maybe in a couple of centuries...

FW__

28 Aug 2009, 06:27 PM

You should've seen USA vs Honduras in Chicago. Chicago was literally invaded by an ocean of Blue and White-clad Honduran fans while the stadium itself must have been easily 90% Pro-Honduras. Any game against Mexico will have a similar crowd pro away team makeup.

Anyway, play almost any Spanish-speaking country from this hemisphere [excluding those in the Carribbean that play baseball] in the US and expect it to be that way. It's been that way for decades. Accept it, as it won't change in our lifetimes; maybe in a couple of centuries...

Not even close. No more than 65% Honduran fans. I was there, I was at the US-Mexico GC in Chicago, US-Poland friendly in Chicago. Hondurans in no way made up close to the # or % of Mexican and Polish fans (which wasn't even 90%).

BatigoL5

29 Aug 2009, 09:16 AM

Not even close. No more than 65% Honduran fans. I was there, I was at the US-Mexico GC in Chicago, US-Poland friendly in Chicago. Hondurans in no way made up close to the # or % of Mexican and Polish fans (which wasn't even 90%).

I sorta agree with Master O that Chicago was invaded by Honduran fans.
Took the train from the North Burbs to the game and there were easily at least what seemed like 1K Honduran fans on that ride with us to the what... 25-40 US fans.

Out of the 64K in attendance that day, I'd say that a good 40K were Honduran fans.

Either way, that game was a blast.

Looking forward to this game as well. I actually hope there are more El Salvador fans at this game. Adds to the atmosphere IMO.

FW__

29 Aug 2009, 10:46 AM

I sorta agree with Master O that Chicago was invaded by Honduran fans.
Took the train from the North Burbs to the game and there were easily at least what seemed like 1K Honduran fans on that ride with us to the what... 25-40 US fans.

Out of the 64K in attendance that day, I'd say that a good 40K were Honduran fans.

Either way, that game was a blast.

Looking forward to this game as well. I actually hope there are more El Salvador fans at this game. Adds to the atmosphere IMO.

I agree with that, but 40 out of 64 is not 90%. It's actually 62.5%. For there to have been 90% Honduran fans there would have had to have been 58,0000 Hondurans. There were more than 6,000 US fans sitting in the 4-5 sections around me.

bshredder

31 Aug 2009, 11:26 AM

So is this game sold out yet?

rabble-rabble

31 Aug 2009, 11:49 AM

So is this game sold out yet?

Still quite a few left. Come on US fans. Do it for your country.

Palermo10

31 Aug 2009, 01:51 PM

Still quite a few left. Come on US fans. Do it for your country.

I think the issue lies outside Big Soccer.

3.2's

31 Aug 2009, 03:34 PM

I think the issue lies outside Big Soccer.

how much of it is the ticket price (significantly more than for an RSL game)? how much have the tickets been for the othe WCQ's? have they been in the similar price ranges?

Palermo10

31 Aug 2009, 05:34 PM

how much of it is the ticket price (significantly more than for an RSL game)? how much have the tickets been for the othe WCQ's? have they been in the similar price ranges?

I was very surprised to see such expensive tickets. Are they trying to price out El Salvadorans??? :confused:

Endline tickets at the HDC for friendlies have never been above $25. I can understand a price increase for qualifiers, but in a recession, double?

avocats

31 Aug 2009, 05:51 PM

I was very surprised to see such expensive tickets. Are they trying to price out El Salvadorans??? :confused:

Endline tickets at the HDC for friendlies have never been above $25. I can understand a price increase for qualifiers, but in a recession, double?

I agree. No reason to ask USMNT fans to pay for your new stadium. But it SHOULD discourage our ever-present CONCACAF opponent fans living here "in the shadows"

RegularGuy

31 Aug 2009, 06:57 PM

I can't believe people think $40 to $100 tickets for a WCQ in a 20,000 seat venue is too much. It's staggering really, and I guess tells you everything you need to know about the state of U.S. soccer right now.

This is likely to be the biggest game on U.S. soil for the USMNT in quite some time. I suppose it's possible that the Costa Rica game could be bigger. Let's hope not. I just don't see how comparisons to a regular season MLS game, or a friendly, are even remotely relevant. These are our nation's greatest players, playing one of the only remaining two games on U.S. soil relevant to the world cup for the next 4 years.

If $40 or $50 or $60 is too much to pay for this game, then I don't think it really matters what the price is. The price is not the problem.

careerender

31 Aug 2009, 09:59 PM

Well said RegularGuy. For those of us who can't make it to South Africa, this is the next best thing. A bargain, really/

Palermo10

31 Aug 2009, 11:20 PM

I can't believe people think $40 to $100 tickets for a WCQ in a 20,000 seat venue is too much. It's staggering really, and I guess tells you everything you need to know about the state of U.S. soccer right now.

This is likely to be the biggest game on U.S. soil for the USMNT in quite some time. I suppose it's possible that the Costa Rica game could be bigger. Let's hope not. I just don't see how comparisons to a regular season MLS game, or a friendly, are even remotely relevant. These are our nation's greatest players, playing one of the only remaining two games on U.S. soil relevant to the world cup for the next 4 years.

If $40 or $50 or $60 is too much to pay for this game, then I don't think it really matters what the price is. The price is not the problem.

The price IS a problem if you're driving 11 hours each way to get there, spending money on a hotel, renting a car, and paying for gas. My tickets to the WORLD CUP in Germany were not more than this game, and I was not stuck behind a goal.

For people on BigSoccer $40 as a cheapest ticket is not a problem. We are already the hard core fans. For the casual fan in Utah to try and get into the game, or take their family, that is a problem. There are not that many hardcore fans (like all of us) that are willing to shell out that kind of money.

Especially when they could stay home and watch OU beat BYU by 30...