14 degrees with 2 inches of new snow and a 13 mph constant wind. 12717 tickets were actually distributed in Colorado
When its every year and you never get to host the season opener and be a part of that experience, yeah. Fine that you don't do it every year, not fine you don't do it any year.
Oh, and after getting back from the Dick tonight, anyone who wants to suggest a winter schedule, ******** you.
It wouldn't bother me too much to play the first couple of games on the road every year, especially if it reduced the odds that I was gonna have to watch games in snowstorms.
25,866 in Los Angeles I wonder what the new number is for Seattle? Most if the Hawks Nest is trapped off.
25866 in L.A. in a rarely used configuration with corner bleachers open, but grass bleachers closed...
39,011 in Seattle, but most of the year there will only be three sections opened in the upper vs. what they had tonight (7). So in the 37,000-38,000 range, don't get me wrong that's still GREAT.
Just curious, why is Sounders attendance expected to go down slightly? MLS is getting more popular each season. Being an outsider, I would think the club would increase with the leagues growth.
Most of the Hawks Nest will be trapped off, last year it was completely open and for most of the games (except for the Cincinnati, Galaxy, Portland and Vancouver games) there will only be three upper deck sections opened. They had 39,011 for tonight game with 7 sections opened in the upper deck and most of the Hawks Nest trapped off. So most of the games this year will be in the 37,000-38,000 range. I know they open up more sections if there is a demand, so that could increase the attendance in these games. So I'm think they will average in the 38,000-39,000 range.
Inspired side note: I still love this phenomena created by sports drinks with their macho naming and how that affected drink requests! Every time I worked concessions at the park and kids wanted Gatorade/Powerade led inevitably to this type of exchange: Me: "What flavor?" Kid: "Blue."
Yes it is excellent when you look at the whole league, but would be down for them. Any time a team's attendance goes down (no matter how high it was) we can still ask what the reason is. While over 35k is still awesome, down is not a good trend.
True but it's not always a cause for alarm, either. Going from 41k to 39k might simply be a right-sizing that still keeps ticket values at a premium and avoids the dreaded "plenty of seats available" scenario. Plus for all that we lambast teams for needing to put out a good product in order to lure fans we also know deep down that it's equally tough for us as fans (in this day and age) to sustain peak support. Such is the dance we do between fans and their teams.
I agree. The flip side, of course, is that you'd get a couple more matches in what should be better weather, which would help attendance. Teams in the south might be forced into a front loaded home schedule, but I wonder if that might be preferable to hosting a game or two mid-summer in 100 degree temps. Without going through all team schedules, I have to assume this is a bigger problem in the Eastern Conference, which is a very geographically northern collection of cities right now. There's Atlanta and Orlando, and that's about it. D.C. is Mid Atlantic, the next most southern city is Cincinnati.
Never said it was the cause for alarm. Make sure you don't put words in people's mouth. Just said it is worthy of discussion.
The TV view is deceiving. The design of the stadium has three plazas in the corners that offer an excellent view in addition to quick access to food, drink and the restroom. I am a Nordeckian but usually stand on the rail on the plaza above the Nordecke. If I had seats in the upper deck yesterday there is no way in hell I would stay up there in 39 degrees and wind.