Week 23 Attendance

[DadOf8]

Metros vs. Wizards 8,765
Dallas vs. San Jose 8,023
Colorado vs. DCU 17,044
RSL vs. NE 17,878
Chivas vs. Columbus 15,770

L.A. and Chicago will play later today, so far RSL is the leader but I think L.A. will outdraw RSL.

Those are good numbers for Colorado, did their fans realize that Colorado is in the playoff hunt, or did they show up to see Freddie Adu? Anyone have any idea why Colorado's numbers look respectable for a change?

*Home team in bold.

[Rover]

Originally Posted by DadOf8

Those are good numbers for Colorado, did their fans realize that Colorado is in the playoff hunt, or did they show up to see Freddie Adu? Anyone have any idea why Colorado's numbers look respectable for a change?

Fireworks. They really like their fireworks in Denver, because that's the only to way to get a big crowd there. Hopefully that changes when they get their new stadium, althought it hasn't worked in Dallas so far (it's still early and PHP still isn't complete).

It was also Military Appreciation Night, and I applaud them for doing that.

[soccerman]

I wonder how many of those 18,000 fans in RES were school kids with free tickets. That isn't a very encouraging number at all.

[Rover]

Originally Posted by soccerman

I wonder how many of those 18,000 fans in RES were school kids with free tickets. That isn't a very encouraging number at all.

At 5-15-4 going into the game, I'm pleased to see more than 10K in attendance. On the first weekend of college football and playing right after the US win over Mexico, 17,878 is respectable even if many were there for free. At least they showed up.

Even with the way this season has gone, we're still averaging 18,932.

[DadOf8]

I saw a lot of RSL shirts and bumper stickers when I was in the UC and at LaVell Edwards Stadium. I wonder how many of those people made it up to SLC for the RSL game. It almost seems to me like soccer is more popular in the UC.

[Dadof3]

Originally Posted by soccerman

I wonder how many of those 18,000 fans in RES were school kids with free tickets. That isn't a very encouraging number at all.

Define "free"...the 27k tickets distributed to the kids were bough by RSL's sponsors...not at face value, but not free either. And RSL got that money whether the kids showed up or not. Additionally, unless they give out driver's licenses earlier now, those kids could only get to the game with a parent...whose tickets were specially priced at $10.

Last, this is Labor Day weekend...most people take this opportunity to go out of town. Also, the Utes sold out on Fri...and BYU had their usual 60k plus on Sat afternoon. Long story short, this was a VERY successful game for RSL at the gate and financially.

Sorry for jumping on you, but I really hate knee-jerk reactions...especially when they are uninformed in so many ways.

[Remus]

Originally Posted by soccerman

I wonder how many of those 18,000 fans in RES were school kids with free tickets. That isn't a very encouraging number at all.

Speaking with Steve P before the game, they only expected about 5-10K of the tickets from the schools. Technically, they weren't free as RSL found sponsors to pay for the tickets, so the money still came in for the. Also, speaking with Glenn during the game, they sold 13K by Friday, so it looks like about 5K was correct.

All in all, I think a pretty good showing. It was the last weekend for family vacations as well. Until "Professional Development Day" (Oct 24th), which is code name for the opening of the deer hunt.

[Remus]

Dadof3 you beat me too it. If only I knew when the deer hunt started...

[edaw33]

Originally Posted by Remus

Dadof3 you beat me too it. If only I knew when the deer hunt started...

there are still deer in utah??

holy cow! i had no idea 🙂 :jawdrop:

[Scilaci]

I think they are great numbers. The more people that show up the more people are likely to come back, even if their first ticket was 'free' or 'subsidesed' or whatever you want to call it.

When you see live soccer, you love live soccer. And probably televised as well 🙂