MLS 2019 Attendance Thread

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by firefan2001, Jan 6, 2019.

  1. POdinCowtown

    POdinCowtown Member+

    Jan 15, 2002
    Columbus
    Crew are trending toward a big opening day. Weather forecast is poor but tickets are selling briskly. We should be above 16K.
     
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  2. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Houston used to have a very solid fanbase...
     
  3. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    3417 red bull fans caught concacaf fever
     
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  4. El Naranja

    El Naranja Member+

    Sep 5, 2006
    Alief
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The 10K number shows just how degraded the fanbase is. When the stadium opened they blasted out into the aether that we had 12K season tickets....sold out! Now that number is so much lower. It's amazing that Chris Canetti was allowed to walk away and is managing Houston's bid for 2026.
     
  5. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, of course if they're going to schedule games in Columbus in early March (might as well be February) then they can expect that the weather will be the usual, average weather for this time of year.
     
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  6. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Last season Tigres averaged 33k across their two home games.
     
  7. Kejsare

    Kejsare Member+

    Portland Timbers
    Mar 10, 2010
    Virginia
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  8. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Last year in the Round of 16 second leg, they got 11,677, which is 3.42 times 3,417.
     
  9. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In case you’re expecting a big number in Commerce City for today’s Rapids opener, don’t.

    There’s currently a storm over the Denver metro which is currently dumping several inches of snow on the area and will continue until tomorrow.
     
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  10. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Right now just light snow here in Arvada and out in Commerce City, but its supposed to pick up after 2pm (kickoff at 4pm).
     
  11. POdinCowtown

    POdinCowtown Member+

    Jan 15, 2002
    Columbus
    Forecast in Columbus has improved. We'll get above 40 at game time with no precipitation. Might not get a big walk up crowd though with the Arnold going on.
     
  12. NashSC

    NashSC Member+

    Nashville SC
    United States
    Jan 3, 2018
    I think it is very odd he schedulers, scheduled a game in Colorado on opening weekend. Maybe it is normal but I would have put them on the road for a week or two just to try to get further into the spring.
     
  13. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We're playing Portland, so it probably has something to do with their long enforced road trip. Our earliest game before this I think was March 9th, which had to be bumped back a day due to a storm.

    But, again, we're getting into the scheduling issue and the league wanting to move earlier and earlier, so early march games are going to be a thing in Denver going forward, as much as I think its a bad idea.
     
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  14. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    At some point, someone from the Rapids FO needs to call up the league office and let them know that March is Colorado's snowiest month and that maybe putting off the Rapids' home opener until the second half of March might not be a terrible idea.
     
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  15. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Except waiting that long for the home opener every year sucks and is unfair to the team. Its why I dislike the schedule moving earlier.
     
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  16. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It could have been 70 or 30, turns out it's going to be 30 with snow. I hope they brought the orange or yellow balls.
     
  17. Centennial

    Centennial Member+

    Apr 4, 2003
    Centennial
    Just build a retractable dome
     
  18. NashSC

    NashSC Member+

    Nashville SC
    United States
    Jan 3, 2018
    That is the same for much of the country this time of the year, but seems the chances of weather like this in early march is much higher in Denver, Minnesota, Toronto, NYC, Chicago, Boston, Vancouver, and Montreal. If they want to keep moving the season forward seems it would be logical to avoid home games the first week or two in these locations. Yes, I know that isn't fair, but that is the problem with moving the season earlier.

    I know this topic has been discussed a lot. Don't mean to rehash it.

    P.S. Here in Northeast TN we often get huge snows in early March. So even fairly far south snow is very possible in March. It could also be 80 degrees here in early March.
     
  19. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    More likely to happen in Denver, if I recall there have been many occasions that it went from 30 to 70 (or vice versa) within a day.
     
  20. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    25,527 in Orlando
     
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  21. Centennial

    Centennial Member+

    Apr 4, 2003
    Centennial
    Latest info

    Around 20 degrees at kickoff with temps dropping into the teens during the game with a comfortable 13 mph breeze.

    Good news... tomorrow afternoon will be in the single digits with temps falling to zero
    Gooder news... snow predictojave been reduced to 3 to 5 inches withe the heaviest starting this evening.
     
  22. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    16,498 in Philly.
    25,527 in Orlando.
     
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  23. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Orange ball? or Yellow ball?

    If it's snowing to hard, would the game be rescheduled? If so probably not Sunday considering it's going to be cold.
     
  24. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    17,931 in Columbus
     
  25. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Playing the first two weeks on the road is such a horrible imposition?

    Doing that this year would've had the Rapids' home opener on March 18.
     

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