Crowd Of 62,000-Plus May Be Just The Beginning

Talked to Adrian Hanauer for a story I did at MLSSoccer.com and he admits that even he is amazed at how quickly the Sounders' popularity has grown. He says he can see a day in the not-so-distant future when the team is regularly drawing crowds like Saturday's to CenturyLink Field.

7 months ago Jeremiah Oshan 4 comments 0 recs |

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As much as I would like to think consistent stadium-fillers are in the near future

I think the reality is we’d only draw slightly more than our current capacity per game. I was at the NYRB game earlier this year, and the crowd was at 46k, and that was with Henri interest and the ManU package. I think if the tarps were never there, we’d draw about 42k per game.

I met a possum.

by s0merand0mdude on Oct 15, 2011 11:33 AM PDT reply actions

right now? I agree

But if the team continues on this trajectory, I think 60k in 5-15 years is doable.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on Oct 15, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Honestly, best case for 2012

would be having the Pews open for every match (+2,300) and then a multi-ticket Gold Package or something with Cascadia, Opener, Closer and Friendly that is premium priced (ie 40% of a season ticket which would still be a small discount versus buying that single game) for as many as who want.

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by Dave Clark on Oct 15, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs