Stadium may sell out for MLS match, break attendance record of NFL Giants

MVNsoccer posted 8/17/2007 from ballhype.com [flag]

LA GALAXY v NY RED BULLS

By Wednesday night's Superliga match, Giants stadium had already sold about 60,000 tickets for the regular-season match on Saturday.

After Beckham's great performance Wednesday, veune could now sell out. ---

There is a distinct possibility that this match attendance could surpass any game in history of long-time tenant NY GIANTS ---

There have been non-sport events held there which have sold out with capacities set from 77,000 - 80,000+, depending on event. ---

FOX SOCCER CHANNEL featured match on "MLS Saturday"

3 hour live telecast - 7 pm ET (kickoff 7:30) - match also on

other FOX SPORTS Cable Networks, and on radio in NYC area ---

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Comments (2)

JTudor

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Good points there...
The record for a match between two MLS teams at that stadium will be broken today (previously, several over 50,000, but none close to today's attendance).
A friendly between Red Bulls and Barcelona got over 79,000. That was a sold-out friendly last year.

Posted 8/18/2007 [reply] [flag]
MVNsoccer

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The numbers are in !

66, 237 is the largest crowd for a regular-season MLS match at Giants Stadium (or any match between two MLS teams here). The Red Bulls had several matches with 50,000-65,000, and this is also their highest attendance home or away for a regular-season match. ---
Today's LA Galaxy-NY Red Bulls match also set a new high for an MLS match that was not a part of a double-header, even beating the highest MLS Cup Final attendance (in 2002: 61,316). ---
Last year, the Red Bulls played against FC Barcelona here with over 79,000, but that attendance does not count toward Red Bulls stats, since it was a friendly as part of Barcelona's U.S. Tour. ---
Crowds of over 90,000 have been seen at the LA Coliseum for two Chivas USA regular season matches, the 2 all-time MLS highs.

Posted 8/19/2007 [reply] [flag]

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