TFC tweeted that out themselves a little while ago.Originally Posted by Whoop
http://twitter.com/#!/torontofc/stat...06867973824514
TFC tweeted that out themselves a little while ago.
http://twitter.com/#!/torontofc/stat...06867973824514
So that means that the Dome will be 30-20% empty.
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if thats the case thats not soooo bad, still dont think itll fill because of the 65$ price tag
Fuck!!
Only saving grace is LA only has 1 as well.
Why?
From my experience, the top end tickets are usually among the first to sell out for sporting events, along with the low end ones. It's the middle tier that always tends to lag behind.
So it's that giant middle tier that TFC likely has to worry most about, if history holds true.
Yeah the high end sounds a little too high.
At the breakfast they kept pushing "50,000 fans".
They better hope to get that. It will look stupid if they keep saying/pushing "50,000 fans" and only 30,000 show up.
Really, short of a sold out crowd, especially in lieu of Montreal getting 55,000 (regardless of whether or not they papered the crowd), will be a disappointment.
It will be interesting to see how ticket sales go.
What did the Argos get for the last home playoff game? I would use that number as a marker for how much TFC will get for this game. A Grey Cup will sell out. A Jays homeopener will sell out. A Jays playoff game might sell out. Anything else... I don;t see it.
So...now that it's been confirmed here are the available lineups for both team:
TFC
Goal
1) Frei
2) Kocic
Defenders
1) Iro
2) Henry
3) Morgan
4) Harden
5) Eckersley
Mids
1) JDG
2) Frings
3) Stinson
4) Cordon
5) Youassowsky
6) Dunfield
Forwards
1) Plata
2) Johnson
3) Koev
4) Soolsma
5) Marosevic
Plus we can only add 1 additional player.
Current roster players missing from that list (And eligible):
1) Cann
2) Williams
3) Lambe
4) Bouchiba
Current Roster players not eligible:
1) Avila - (Tied to Dallas Roster)
2) Hall - (Tied to Dallas Roster)
LA
Goal
1) Saunders
2) Perk
Defenders
1) Dunivant
2) Fanklin
3) Hejduk
4) DeLaGarza
5) Thomas
Mids
1) Kirovski
2) Birchall
3) Keat
4) Jiminez
5) Becks
6) Lopez
7) Stephans
8) Cardoza
Forwards
1) Donovan
2) Barrett
3) Keane
4) Cristman
5) Magee
6) Jordan
7) McBean
Plus they can add 1 more
Current Roster Players not on the list but eligable:
1) Noble - G
2) Villareal - M
Last edited by KGH; 01-06-2012 at 12:33 PM. Reason: No Juninho
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MLSE is right. They'll get at least 40 000. For numerous reasons:
1) They have 3 months to sell tickets. It's not 3 weeks like a typical CL game.
2) Tickets are much cheaper compared to the average CL game.
3) It's an quarterfinal event which holds a lot more weight.
4) Beckham seems to have resigned. Players like Becks, Keane and Henry will always draw large crowds. Our record attendance at BMO came during the week against LA. Also, San Jose moved their New York game to Stanford and sold 40 000 seats. This from a small town and a team who could barely full their 10 000 seater stadium.
5) It's the first game of the new season.
Sorry, yeah you weren't complaining. Actually no one was.
I think people underestimate how many people just want to be up close near field level. $69 is cheap for those types of seats. I think they'll move fast actually.
I hope everyone puts aside their feelings about MLSE and sell the shit out of this thing with all their friends. This is big opportunity to put the sport on the map in the city. 70% of seats are below $30. We should be able to pull in the big crowd.,
How would these 1,2, &4 not be on the roster, they were both signed to the team in 2011 BEFORE CCL even started. They were just injured, so werent able to play.
They were playing during the Canada Cup but were all hurt before the prelims. looks like the weren't included in the rosters that we submitted to Concacaf.
Here's the 29 that have been submitted so far:
Goal
1 S. Frei
2 M. Kočić
Defenders
3 D. Omphroy
4 A. Iro
5 D. Henry
6 A. Morgan
7 D. Gargan
8 N. Sturgis
9 T. Harden
10 R. Eckersley
11 D. Robinson
12 E. Viator
Mids
13 J. de Guzmán
14 M. Stinson
15 O. Cordon
16 M. Yourassowsky
17 L. Griffit
18 T. Frings
19 T. Dunfield
20 D. Borman
21 M. Gold
22 G. Zavarise
Forwards
23 J. Plata
24 R. Johnson
25 D. Koevermans
26 N. Soolsma
27 Maicon Santos
28 J. Martina
29 P. Marosevic
Last edited by KGH; 01-06-2012 at 12:29 PM. Reason: Spacing
Yeah I don't see why some people think less than 20,000 will show up, this isn't a regular CCL game! I'm going to restate your reasons to emphasize how much I agree.
- Beckham. He alone sold out BMO, that's 22k. Add Keane to the mix and that's 30k people as the minimum that will turn up.
- These are the only "playoffs" we've ever qualified for. Toronto crowds show up in force for playoff games.
- This isn't a CCL game in the middle of another losing season. It's the season opener which always has higher attendance. There's real momentum and hope around the team.
I really believe that 30k is the minimum for attendance and 40k is a realistic possibility if MLSE knows how to market it. How close to or beyond 40k it goes depends on the breakdown of the ticket prices.
Oh God, Hopefully Doneil will have made some vass improvements, cause Iro/Harden CB doesn't work for me, they remind me of the cb pairing of arsenals Djourou & Kosclieny.
Here is a virtual seating plan for the Bills game last year... should be pretty similar for us.
http://www.billsintoronto.com/seat-selector
On a side note... man were those bills tickets expensive!
It'll be the same issue as always. They'll do well with the cheaper seats, but if they're not super careful, they'll get only 5,000 people in the lower bowl.
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I don't get it. $12 a ticket, and people are still complaining?
Today is January 6th. Tickets go on general sale January 13th. Game is March 7th. Less than 2 months.
Last edited by nfitz; 01-06-2012 at 01:11 PM.
Right. I can't count. Still ample time.
$69 is nothing for people who actually buy high-priced tickets (the target market for that price). That's a very low top end for just about all sporting events or concerts in Toronto. And if the whole 500 level is $12, that's great. Actually, I think sitting in the first few rows of the 500 level would provide a better view than sitting down low near the field for $69. The owner of the Cosmos actually used to sit in the upper deck of Giants stadium because he could see the game better from there.
I'm probably gonna grab 200 level seats on the side. High up enough to get a view of the whole field, but not so far away.
Last edited by rocker; 01-06-2012 at 01:40 PM.
^ I agree. They'll have no trouble selling the $69 seats. That's cheap for the best seats.
Any idea when SSH get a crack at them? I guess we'll all get an email?
Pre-sale early next week.
I don't undertsand why CONCACAF won't allow the rosters to reset for the next round. It is a distinct disadvantage for MLS clubs that qualify for the CCL quarter final due to the routine roster turnover of most MLS clubs in the off season.
exactly how much were the Montreal tickets?
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$10 were the cheapest face value, but some youth soccer clubs got them cheaper. They basically papered the house.
I expect that TFC will offer deals to GTA youth clubs as well.
Last edited by Oldtimer; 01-06-2012 at 02:31 PM.
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starting monday morning sst's holders either can buy or will receive the e-mail..from front office, then gold's, then red's, thru the week and finally the general public next fri
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I only read this last page, but they did set a supporters section for(redpatchboys,usector,NEE) or are they just going to sell like a free for all. In other words are we going to sit together?
It's a good question about how they arrange seating for tickets bought by those typically in supporters sections. If we can buy as many $12 tickets as we want, do we also have choice of where we want the seats to be for those $12 tickets? For example, my boss wants to go but I don't necessarily want to sit with him. I know many people will want me to get them tickets but that doesn't mean they are suited to a supporters section - may be they would be a downer to us and they would be uncomfortable in a racious section too...
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