Considering the large increase in ticket prices this year it was a good crowd. If it had been our big rival, San Jose, it would have been a bad crowd. We play San Jose this Wednesday but weeknight games are historically bad so this will be a good test. I think we had about 37K at the Rose Bowl last time we played them in LA on a Saturday. I may be off on that but it was a large crowd.
Was it just me or did they stack everyone on the side of the stadium with the upper deck? I sat in 131 and while it looked full where I was sitting the other side looked less than a third full. I was shocked when they said 18,600 where there, I would have said half of that.
it was probably a case of 18600 people bought tickets so thats the crowd they announced. 9000 people died in LA's traffic.
I think it was stacked because a majority of people bought tickets there since they're the most affordable.
The last game with SJ last year is not really a fair yardstick to use. It was the end of the season and a pivotal game deciding conference championship and playoff rankings. Combine that with the rivalry and you have a recipe for a very attractive game. This time: Wednesday (bad) v. Saturday (good) Early season v. late season High prices v. low prices My guess: If LAG draw 12K for this coming game they will have done a good job. Wednesday also makes it a much less attractive game for SJ fans to attend, and this is the one game in LA each year where you really get a competative atmosphere with cheering and booing going both ways. Really a shame that the SJ game was chosen for a wednesday match.
well in 2 games we already have more total fans than SJ has had all year... i'll take that as a good enough sign ps...thats pathetic for such a quality team up in SJ Pss... san josucks!
Ticket prices weren't too well thought out. I did a poll over on the LARS boards on weather or not posters thought attendance would break 12k. The vote was pretty much split down the middle.
I have a feeling that one thing they may do next year is to divide the sideline section again and reduce the prices on the sideline seats closest to the corner sections.
I am sure they'll re-visit this in the offseason. There's not a lot of past history to go on here, is there? I don't see a whole lot of change in prices.... 18,000 tickets at $30/each is still more $$$ than 22,000 @ $25/each. I think they definitely undersetimated the impact of moving 30 miles.....
Well if for the entire season they continue to have problems selling the sideline seats and the other sections are full or almost full, they will do something IMO. They already are doing discount deals on the sideline seats via email.
It was weird that almost an entire section across the field from me was completly empty. I made the roadie from KC and I was all worried about the game selling out so I bought my tickets early that morning. I was planning on buying upperdeck cause they're cheaper than lower, but caved when the lady told me she had some 133 (near middle) 2nd row tickets available. They definately need to lower the prices on tickets. While they won't flat out reduce the prices on all the tickets $10 basically admitting "Yeah, we screwed you all over last season", I'd expect the corner price to extend more towards the center, keep the midfield tickets the same price and get more corprate season tickets to fill those seats. Upper deck should stay the same and then made the ends GA and lower the price to $17 or so. That would work much better. But then again, this is coming from someone who lives in Kansas City were it's much cheaper to live.
From an article about the 2nd game. "A year ago, the Galaxy averaged 19,047 for 14 home dates. Subtract 55,234 they drew to the Rose Bowl to see fireworks on July 4th and their average dropped to 16,263. Subtract another 32,874 on Youth Soccer Day and the average settled in at 14,879." http://www.dailybreeze.com/content/waldner/nmrwaldner15.html The 32k match was against San Jose as mentioned above. By this figuring, the 2nd match at Victoria Street did very well.
coming from KC or not, all good points. i know they need to pay for the stadium but they can't get it all back in a single game, or else they'll end up really reducing their fan base, which would be some sort of crime. still, the 18,000 might have even made more noise than the "27,000" made on opening day. it was great.
The real question is: How many "club seats" have they actually sold? These are the seats in the dead middle of the side without the upper deck. These are the rich seats, the ones that entitle the bearer to go into the restauraunt. This is the section that Lucid was speaking about and was the section most noted during the innaugural game as having sections of empty seats. The question is: Are these seats unsold or is it the case that the fat cats (corporations, rich folk) who bought them simply aren't coming to the game? This wouldn't be unprecidented as a similar thing happens at staples center with the Los Angeles Kings. A great many expensive lower deck seats go unused because the purchaser can't be bothered to show up. So, even though these seats ahve been sold, the person isn't physically in attendance. This happes at almost every kings game except for playoff and duck games (rivalry) Does anyone know how sold this section is? They wanted to have "club seats" on both sides of the stadium but in the end have it on just one. So, that means seats directly accross from the rich seats in the dead middle go for $45 a game instead of the $75 or so that club seats go for. I would think that would make it harder to sell the expensive seats. Mike
IIRC, the three sections across from the club seats now on the other side will be club seats next year.
That could change. It does call them "future club seats" but if they don't sell all the club seats on the other side I doubt they will do that next year. I guess only the front office knows for sure how many were sold this year and I doubt they will make that public unless they sold almost all of them. Maybe someone here knows.
IIRC, there wasn't one single promotion at the opener for the KC game. I don't remember seeing anything on the jumbotron or hearing any announcements.
How many were sold to business' who are writting the expense off their taxes? (Not sure what requirements the IRS needs in order for that to occur but sounds like that could be whats going on)
I had thought those club seats were sold out. I was sitting across the way from them thinking how sad it was that someone would pay $80 for a ticket and not show up. What the heck is the advantage of paying $80, versus $45 for the same seats on the other side?
In chicago at soldier field for the nfl bears they will have club seats on one side costing 200-300 a game and seats on the same yard line on the other side costing 65 it doesn't make any sense. The club seat people have a indoor lounge that is the only extra. I wonder if the fire will try to pull the same thing when they move back to sf in october.