2019/20 NISA Attendance Thread

Rainy night?

 

Feel pretty confident most if not all of the USLL1 teams will return in 2020, though. The MLS2 teams are always up in the air but no teams appear to be as craptacular as Philadelphia or Atlanta or Stumptown*.

(That said, I am skeptical of the USL winning the Battle of Chattanooga. I am just not thinking the Red Wolves or whatever they are will fold right away.)



*Still dumb.

 

"European Style soccer with amazing ambiance!"

 

I was there. The only rain was my tears laughing at the situation.

Speaking of which... real massive crowd tonight on Orange County for Cal Utd.





No one on he near side or end line. Maybe 500 on the far side if we’re being generous.

 

Further 20% discount available for the final 1904FC game of the year Nov 2. This came across my web browsing this morning randomly.



That’s the second time they’ve slashed prices.

 

Are they more in line with reality at 20% off now plus the other cut?

 

Probably vis-a-vis keeping attendance at all close to games 1 & 2. I mean they cut costs for game 2 and still suffered a modest decline in attendance. A further price cut probably accomplishes the same for game 3.

 

They've devalued their product with all the giveaways anyway.

(And no, giving someone a ticket does not entice them to buy next time. That's heroin you're thinking of.)

 

I mean I don’t begrudge teams giving tickets away when they stand to benefit from ancillary revenues or offer an enticing experience that’s worth paying for in the future. Padres for example make money off even giveaway tickets with every beer they sell, etc... but they control concessions. And their game day experience is top notch and enticing even absent a team on the field. 1904 likely gets nothing from the meager concessions that accompany their games. And you’re right, a free product that’s not inherently worth it on its face if it weren’t free. Sitting in an all but empty 70,000 seat stadium watching a D3 soccer match is not enticing on its face.

 

You ever been to Qualcomm Stadium? It was getting long in the tooth before the Chargers left and the university moved to replace it. Now it’s a downright disgrace on par or worse than the Oakland Coliseum or RFK.

 

The Padres make a profit. And still sell a good amount of their available ticket inventory. People have been paying to go to Padres games for 50 years.

And it's not a question of what you begrudge. No business can survive giving away the only thing it has to sell.

 

Well unless you count merch, which they’ve been hawking for 2.5 years now.

 

Having watched the feed I don’t buy that Strikers number. There were maybe half that in attendance. This has to be tickets distributed.

 

Just saying - There are more people attending my college's mens soccer program in their 5,000 seater stadium than half of these NISA clubs...

Does NISA accept college teams?

 

Couple weeks back I filed an FOIA with the City of Norwich, Connecticut asking for a copy of the lease the rumored “Connecticut United F.C.” signed in order to play at city-owned Dodd Stadium in Norwich.

I was told by corporate counsel that the City of Norwich is “not in possession” of an executed lease. Take that for what it’s worth.

 

I mean it’s pretty apparent there isn’t one

 

Their being the only NISA team of consequence continues...

 

So LA Force might want to reconsider their logo... since it appears to be stolen

 

With last night's Chattanooga game and tonight's Cal United game not yet reported, here's how things stand at the moment: