November 9th Playoff game What do you think the attendance will be for the 1st playoff game in NSF. The game is at noon that's not a very good time for a playoff game, but with 30,845 at the first game and 28,154 at the second game. I think we could get a pretty good crowd for the playoff game, so I'm going with 18,500 for this game. A bit more if we end up winning the first leg of the playoffs (20,000).
I want to see 40000. There is no doubt; the Fire are hot. There is also an adequate period for ticket sales. Marcin
I'm going to guess around 23,000. Its a fairly big event and seeing as the Fire are the only successful franchise (I LOVE IT) in Chicago..the people better learn quick how to support them. I am looking at making the small trip from South Bend.....
Im sayin' 35. Having attended the first 2 games and with the team winning a lot recently, fans will come to see a winner in Chicago for once.
The other day even Mike North (SCORE radio host) said he might even take in a game....and this is coming from a guy who said he'd never go to a soccer game and who thinks the sport is stupid. Anyway, I think this is as good of a time as any for other Chicago sports fans to come to a Fire game.
I hate to be a downer on this, but I am only going to predict 14-16,000. I just don't see any more than that on a Sunday afternoon.
From my memory, the Fire never have drawn well at SF for Sunday matches. Especially for those Noon starts back when Telemundo had the MLS contract. Bill Q.
Just tell him there will be an anti-Jesse Jackson demonstration before the game. He will be there and probably give lots of money for support...
Let's go to the tape. Kenn? http://www.kenn.com/soccer/mls/chicago.html I think the big attendance is going to be for the conference final. I wouldn't be surpised to see a repeat of 98.
Wasn't June 4 the DH with Ireland/MExico? I'm thinking 15-20k. You'll notice none of those top attendance dates are playoff games. Hoping for more, of course, and I'll definitely be there.
Speaking as the lucky stiff who won the tickets the last time this was done (thanks again Fanaddict), I think anything over 15k will be a pleasant surprise. I think we had a lot of people cashing vouchers, coupled with new SF curiosity at work for the last 2 games. The very fact that we are getting stuck with playoff games on a Sunday afternoon and a Friday (took me 3 HOURS to get to the new SF opener from the north suburbs) is the clearest indication we need our own stadium. Both these games would be rocking, guaranteed sellouts if we had our own place and Saturday evening game times.
Heck, I was shocked when he set up the hour by asking for callers who had been to a Fire game and wanted to talk about it. Between that and NIU...talk about a revolution at the Score.
1) Novembers in Chicago can be pretty chilly. 2) The Bears play at the same time. I know the Bears suck. We all know they suck. That said, they're still arguably the most popular team in this town and that may prevent bandwagon jumpers from hopping on. Sorry to be the wet blanket, but I'm guessing 17771.
Have to agree, but you get tired of talking about the same crap all the time. NIU is hard to ignore right now, and with the Bears and Blackhawks,the two worst teams in their respective leauges, the Fire is a nice change... The more Fire press they get, the better in my opinion, no matter what the situation is.
Fair enough, but we were going up against the Cubs in the playoffs a few games ago too. The impact of an away Cubs playoff game has got to be near-equivalent to a s***ty Bears team's away regular season game.
I have to agree with you. maybe we get 20,000 but always something. I understand its because of Television, but it definately makes it harder to sell tickets for an event that is in the middle of the afternoon on the Sabbath. Makes it pretty tough, but we shall see.
Most football fans don't care for soccer and vice versa. I think the Bears wil have minimal impact on this game. 40,000!