Of course it's not going to be an instant thing. As the Cosmos develop (and win NASL titles, perhaps get a real venue) the newcomer or existing soccer fan is going to know they exist. The real challenge is convincing people they should support Red Bull over NYCFC, especially if we expect them to go all ManCity/Yankees on us and try to outspend everyone else and stack their team with the best players and staff.
Yeah, but what about all the Mets fans, the MUFC fans, the transplant Red Sox (/Liverpool?) fans living in NYC?
Maybe, maybe not. This isn't the attendance thread, so I guess we're allowed to speculate here. I will speculate that there is no way Red Bull has been inflating attendance figures the way the MetroStars used to. (EDIT: Or to put it another way, there is no way the attendance figures in Harrison are as inflated as the figures in East Rutherford were, regardless of the owner.) Now that they have their own stadium it's a little easier to estimate how many people are actually at the stadium - or rather a little more difficult to claim crazy-high attendance figures when most of the stadium is empty.
So is RBNY worth 6 million in losses? Absolutely, yes. For instance, Herbalife is paying 4 million a year just for having their name in the Galaxy's shirt. For 6 million, Red Bull gets the shirt rights, the stadium naming rights and even the team naming rights (something no one else has). Every time Henry's name appears in the news, something he seems to be pretty good at, the papers obligatorily tack on "of the New York Red Bulls". I'd say the Red Bull name is probably worth a minimum of ten million in free advertising if not more.
Not really..I hope the Red Bulls maintain good form so that there's some beatdowns of NYFC... thus planting seeds of rivalry (Mod edit: no rivalry names in neutral forums, please.)
It's the Nippon-Ham Fighters. 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I am looking forward to seeing what NYCFC and NYRB do when they play the Cosmos in the USA Cup. It will get people talking.
It amazes me. Garber says the league is hemorrhaging money, but they keep signing players and expanding. Something is off-kilter here.
NASCAR is a complete embarrassment. Their drivers and cars are gigantic billboards. They'll never amount to anything.