To be fair, it was announced as a sellout, and previous soccer sellouts have topped 70. But those had temporary seats and the removable seating open. The usual sellout number is 68 for soccer with the upper deck open.
Saturday MLS playoff attendances. New York City (vs. Cincinnati) 19,585 Atlanta (vs. Miami) 68,455 Minnesota (vs. Real Salt Lake) 19,912
Sunday MLS playoff attendance. New York Red Bulls (vs. Columbus) 20,936 Houston (vs. Seattle) 18,859 Vancouver (vs. Los Angeles FC) 20,695
Throwing in the totals from the two wild card games: Montreal (vs. Atlanta) 16,566 Vancouver (vs. Portland) 19,143 Grand Total through 18 matches: 370,756 Average: 20,598
about 2 500 below the season average- i am sure the MLS office will be watching the numbers as they hash out whether or not to move to a late Summer-Spring season with a mid-winter break
MLS Cup playoff attendances from Friday and Saturday. Los Angeles FC (vs. Vancouver) 22,220 Cincinnati (vs. New York City) 22,487 Orlando (vs. Charlotte) 20,021 Miami (vs. Atlanta) 20,813) TOTAL (for the weekend): 85,541 AVERAGE: 21,385 TOTAL PLAYOFF ATTENDANCE (so far): 456,297 AVERAGE (through 22 matches): 20,741
From Wikipedia WC MTL v ATL 16566 WC VAN v POR 19143 R1 MIA v ATL 20673 R1 ATL v MIA 68455 R1 MIA v ATL 20673 R1 CLB v NYR 19050 R1 NYR v CLB 20936 R1 FCC v NYC 21413 R1 NYC v FCC 19585 R1 FCC v NYC 22487 R1 ORL v CHL 17787 R1 CHL v ORL 40238 R1 ORL v CHL 20021 R1 LAF v VAN 22298 R1 VAN v LAF 20695 R1 LAF v VAN 22220 R1 LAG v COL 24537 R1 COL v LAG 16010 R1 RSL v MIN 19195 R1 MIN v RSL 19912 R1 SEA v HOU 30026 R1 HOU v SEA 18859 Sum all 520779 av. 23672 Sum R1 485070 av. 24254
Thanks Paul. I did my counts in my head. So apparently I was close. I'll use the calculator on my phone to double check.
Looks like the first playoff HRD will not be able to fully capitalize on attendance potential. Update: HRB learned that capacity at Citi Field is capped at 22,250 bc the stadium is being shut down for the winter – #NYCFC execs convinced the #NYMets to pause that process and allow one last game. That's why the attendance is limited.More here ⬇️https://t.co/C1BxQYIkA9— Hudson River Blue (@HudsonRiverBlue) November 12, 2024
Article the tweet linked to: https://www.hudsonriverblue.com/new...n-eastern-conference-semifinal-at-citi-field/
I can understand playing second fiddle to the team after whom the stadium is named. But moving to the Mets' ballpark because of a college football game when you're an actual tenant at Yankee Stadium 2.0 is hilarious. And it's not like this is a surprise mid-week tournament game. The potential playoff dates were known. Why couldn't they have played the soccer match on Sunday with football stripes on the pitch?
I haven't seen an official attendance figure for the Hudson River playoff at Citi Field. Attendance was supposed to be capped at 22,500 for various reasons. Assuming the game was a complete sellout, that would give Saturday's figures this: New York City (vs. New York Red Bulls) 22,500 Los Angeles FC (vs. Seattle) 22,301 TOTAL FOR THE DAY: 44,801 AVERAGE: 22,401 PLAYOFF TOTAL: 565,580 AVERAGE: 23,566
They announced 2,500 additional seats at Citi Field on Wednesday, so the capacity was 25,000. The rest of the stadium was closed due to "winter maintenance" which I interpret as "fear of visible empty seats".
thats a good average number for the latter part of Fall where many of us thought the playoff attendance would be much lower - the regular season was 23 342