News: 2024 MLS Attendance Thread

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by jaykoz3, Jan 8, 2024.

  1. SabreKhan

    SabreKhan Member+

    Jun 25, 2007
    United States
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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.
     
  2. SetPeace

    SetPeace Member+

    Jun 22, 2004
    SC Illinois
    Club:
    Torquay United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Saturday MLS playoff attendances.

    New York City (vs. Cincinnati) 19,585
    Atlanta (vs. Miami) 68,455
    Minnesota (vs. Real Salt Lake) 19,912
     
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  3. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Attendance:20,936 at Red Bull arena
     
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  4. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    20,695 in Vancouver vs LAFC
     
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  5. SetPeace

    SetPeace Member+

    Jun 22, 2004
    SC Illinois
    Club:
    Torquay United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sunday MLS playoff attendance.

    New York Red Bulls (vs. Columbus) 20,936
    Houston (vs. Seattle) 18,859
    Vancouver (vs. Los Angeles FC) 20,695
     
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  6. AZUL GALAXY

    AZUL GALAXY Member

    Aug 28, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    CDSC Cruz Azul
    What is the playoffs average attendance so far?
     
  7. SetPeace

    SetPeace Member+

    Jun 22, 2004
    SC Illinois
    Club:
    Torquay United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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
     
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  8. sportie1

    sportie1 Member+

    Sep 4, 2008
    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
     
  9. SetPeace

    SetPeace Member+

    Jun 22, 2004
    SC Illinois
    Club:
    Torquay United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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
     
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  10. CalvinKnox

    CalvinKnox Member

    Columbus Crew, Liverpool
    United States
    Sep 6, 2008
    Columbus,OH

    Really? I've got 520,919 through 22 matches for an average of 23,678.
     
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  11. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wikipedia has 520,779 (23,672 per match)
     
  12. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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
     
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  13. SetPeace

    SetPeace Member+

    Jun 22, 2004
    SC Illinois
    Club:
    Torquay United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, obviously, I missed something along the way! Thanks for the update.
     
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  14. CalvinKnox

    CalvinKnox Member

    Columbus Crew, Liverpool
    United States
    Sep 6, 2008
    Columbus,OH


    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.
     
  15. FoxBoro 143

    FoxBoro 143 Member+

    Jan 18, 2004
    MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Looks like the first playoff HRD will not be able to fully capitalize on attendance potential.
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  16. DCW531

    DCW531 Member

    City SC
    Jan 31, 2017
    St. Louis, MO
  17. SabreKhan

    SabreKhan Member+

    Jun 25, 2007
    United States
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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?
     
  18. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not sure what your problem is. This will be their 8th game at Citi Field this season.
     
  19. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Plus they're building their new Soccer Palace across the street from Citi Field
     
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  20. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sponsor's Name Here Stadium.
     
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  21. SetPeace

    SetPeace Member+

    Jun 22, 2004
    SC Illinois
    Club:
    Torquay United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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
     
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  22. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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".
     
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  23. sportie1

    sportie1 Member+

    Sep 4, 2008
    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
     
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  24. AZUL GALAXY

    AZUL GALAXY Member

    Aug 28, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    CDSC Cruz Azul
    More average attendance and probably more average revenue.
     
  25. CalvinKnox

    CalvinKnox Member

    Columbus Crew, Liverpool
    United States
    Sep 6, 2008
    Columbus,OH

    ESPN finally gave the Hudson River playoff figure: 24,891.
     

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