or poor college kids that were willing to give up their money for food for the week to go to the game, but that still wouldnt cover it... $65 for a college kid is a big chunk of change...
I bought my tickets waaaay before school started, plus i had tons of time to budget and make sure i was good to go for the game, and i bought 4 tickets. If it is the typical college student, im not surprised that they wont come cause they didnt think ahead or budget. Im a full time student, im writing this from slcc's computers haha. Tickets could have easily been boughten, you just need to budget.
I do not think that US Soccer concerns itself with groups that they marginalize with their pricing structure. They are shooting for the most revenue they believe they can get.
lol - be honest prolific - how much money could you save in one month? could you buy another season ticket?
This is a bit of departure from the boughton conversation being started here, but I was wondering what you guys thought about something I just saw on Facebook. RSL has put out an open letter to its fans here is an excerpt: Prohibited Items Please note the following updates to the prohibited item list for September 5: No professional video/photography equipment (lenses more than 2” in length), including tripods No large instruments No poles No bottles, cans, coolers, containers or food and beverage of any kind No plastic horns, air horns or whistles No fireworks, flares or smoke bombs Now - I don't personally have any feelings about this as I would not bring any of these things to the game but I wonder what you all feel about the no poles (does that mean no flags?), no horns, and I know a lot of you are avid photogs so how do these things sit with you? I get the smoke bomb thing after the recent debacle (I suppose), but it doesn't really scream to me of any sort of home team advantage (compared to our WC Qualifying competition) for noise/environment etc. Thoughts? Or am I just reading too much into it? And of course, I move to a new state, and you guys get this great game
It doesn't say anything about real bombs... Or even pistolas! No better way to celebrate than shooting pistolas in the air!
Easily from the money I saved I could buy another season ticket, and that is just counting what I spend at the Riot in one month.
what constitutes a "large instrument"? and the beer thing... that would NEVER fly with the guys up there
Actually "boughten" is now considered acceptable (I looked it up), although it does sound very SLCC, doesn't it? If its cost then its $$$$$, if its value then its $$.
El salavador NT are not the problem for the low turnout, if that game was in DC, Texas or LA there would be 30k salvadoreans no questions asked, even still there will be a strong representation, the fact that Americans in Utah dont care about this game for the most part has nothing to do with the opponent, look at the real problem, aside from a fringe group of real fans (8-10k) in Salt Lake the rest are a bunch of people curious to see what the noise is all about and are not willing to shell out big bucks for soccer, $105 for fron row in section 31 is high IMO, lets not even talk about VIP seats. This venue would not be considered if it weren't for US Soccer throwing RSL a bone, if they wanted to sell 60-70k Tickets to this game they could have done that easily in a different location.
We'll find out when they enforce it. RSL has actually been the best team about allowing flagpoles, from my limited exposure to other FO's.
You don't know what you are talking about. The US has faced El Salvador (at least) 14 times on US soil and have never sold 60-70K tickets despite playing in Los Angeles, Anaheim, Washington DC, St Louis, Indianapolis, and Foxboro. Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Foxboro all have large Salvadoran populations and failed to draw the crowd you are talking about. The only crowds of 35,000+ for US/El Salvador matches came in the mid-90's when interest in the US national team was at a high following the 94 World Cup. The fact is this match could have drawn 25K-35K if located in a larger city, with a larger stadium (maybe), but it never would have approached 50K. Mexico will always be a huge draw. The huge crowd for the Honduras match was a big exception, and 90% of the WCQ's don't come anywhere close to that. US Soccer has sold almost 20,000 tickets to this event, and as of yesterday it's 95%+ sold out. This despite the high ticket prices. But thanks for taking time to try to disparage American soccer fans, and Utah soccer fans in particular, and Rio Tinto Stadium as a venue. Let's be honest, El Salvador isn't on the same plane as the US, Mexico or even Honduras from a competitive standpoint. Although the stakes are huge, it's about as compelling as an Italy/Cyprus WCQ match.