Seattle question
I am planning to go to the season opening game in Seattle, looking at there web site they are fairly unhelpful for away fans. Has anyone been to Seattle and how did the process work for you. I am planning on calling the ticket office to see if I can a straight answer from them.
2nd Question is anyone going down for the March season opener? Looking to meet some red shirts prior to the game.
Thanks
call their front office for tix would be my guess...although i don't think teams are doing single game tix yet, so they just might not be available
we got another guy from calgary on the boards...look for twistedchinaman...he might be doing the LA game; not sure about seattle...send him a msg though
think there might be a couple that swing seattle's way after the LA game
I've been to Seattle for a game, I just grabbed the tix off of ticketmaster, though i didn't sit in the visitors supporters section. with that said, i drank with my wife before the game in a bar in TFC gear and all the fans from Seattle were surprisingly cool and down to chat.
As for tix availability, I agree, don't think teams are doing single tix games yet. I moved down to SF and the San jose tix don't go up until later this week.
Best of luck, have a great time. It's a great place to see a game, Ive seen both TFC and the Canadian soccer team in that stadium.
You will enjoy Seattle. Generally the Pacific Northwest 'gets it' when it comes to soccer. Seattle fans are very laid back and accomodating.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
I'm going, I'm still trying to get info for the away section
I can look into ticketing, as I still get spammed from their FO at every single opportunity on group ticket sales.
Stay tuned.
If time permits, I'll do LA March 14, then Seattle right after. Only if time permits..
I'll be in Seattle for that game ... might be looking for up to 4 ...
Bring a massive GREEN flag... Wear a blue shirt...
Send the flag down the aisle - have the fans start to unravel it...
Before they notice - TA-DA! Toronto FC logo on it...!!!
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Bring a massive GREEN flag... Wear a blue shirt...
Send the flag down the aisle - have the fans start to unravel it...
Before they notice - TA-DA! Toronto FC logo on it...!!!
well if there is some TFC fans going to seattle it would be a rather small group. So they might not even bothered selling them yet, maybe closer to the date they might set aside 50-200 tickets for away fans or something like that.
it's a league rule to set aside some tix for away fans
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
I'll be going.. LA too. Just waiting on a friend to confirm if he's coming with me. I plan on emailing the FO and asking for the away section.
Speaking of which.. when is new membership for 2012 happening? I'm hoping to get access to the away trip forum before... the away trip.
i wish they adjusted that rule a bit, when TFC play teams that are to far away for away fans to travel to Toronto such as LA, Houston, Dallas then there isn't much point on keeping more then 30 tickets or maybe even less then that aside for away fans. But when say Chicago, Montreal, Columbus, DC come to town teams that might actually bring supporters they should save at least 500 tickets aside (1,000 for Montreal fans) and if they don't sell all the away tickets within a few weeks of the game they should just sell them off to Toronto fans. It makes a much better atmosphere having away fans as saving only 100 tickets like BMO does for away fans really doesn't make a difference to the atmosphere, to few to make much noise and can't be herd from the south End. Same goes for other teams when Toronto plays away, we got the best travelling fans in the league still to date, they should always have seats aside for us, exspecially when playing teams in the East!
Yes I have been to Portland once for a game and many times on holiday, and they "get it" in many ways. But I will remember the cool Timbers Army fans who partied with us, bought us beer shook our hands and wished us luck.
By the sounds of things we will have a hand full of TFC supporters. Yeah
Last edited by TFCwestcan; 01-20-2012 at 07:27 PM.
Hey Pekduck I do hope you can make it.
Speaking of LA match, I just got word back from their FO about tickets
Hi Martin,
Thank you for email. We have yet to go on sale with tickets for the CCL match on March 14th
against Toronto FC. For our matches, we do have a designated away supporters section by
in Sections 116-117. We are expected to go on sale with the tickets a month prior to the match,
so please check back in the second week of February.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us.
Thank you,
Customer Service
LA Galaxy
^
We are in talk with LA FO, they are not organized yet. Martin, I'll PM you later.
Thanks, Kevin.
Now how about helping out a prospective member with away trip forum access
This is the person who I dealt with at the Seattle front office when I went there last season.
Chris Baretta
ChrisBa@SoundersFC.com
Thank you sir, will look into tickets.
Went to Seattle games twice... decent folk there and the town is pretty darn nice to walk around. Both times, had pre match beers at Fados Irish Pub and there are quite a few seattle supporters there and it was all good.... may even be there this year, not sure yet
Any news on this ... I should phone them to make a similar enquiry this week.
I touched base with Chris Barretta (see above email) and he can give us a group away team rate, the problem is that he wants a limited amount of credit cards for the purchase. I will touch base with him on Monday and let him know that the group is not that organized. Any of the RPB away team folks that might be able to help would be welcome. Despite my efforts I am not an official RPB member so I don't have access to the away info.
It would be interested to know who is coming for sure.
Last edited by TFCwestcan; 01-29-2012 at 11:48 PM.
I can probably co-ordinate with U-Sector (not sure if anyone else is going). What's the rate? Which section?
I'll probably be in for 4 ... need to confirm (I'm 100% there myself - plane tickets in hand).
Is RPB doing anything?
nfitz, this is what Chris sent to me...
I can help you guys out.! How many tickets are you wanting to purchase?
The Price Point will be $ 26 each discounted (Normally $42 through TICKETMASTER) so you’re getting a quality deal.
Let me know bud and we will get you guys all taken care of. 1 or 2 Cards for the purchase would be the best.
Not sure of the section that is another email I assume it is the away section, but that needs to be clarified.
Okay. Probably not a big issue - it is the section it is.
Is there anyone from RPB coming?
I need two tickets.. haven't bought my plane ticket yet so I should probably get on that.
I'm going with 2 others
So if I'm keeping track here correctly:
Wull - 3
MartinUtd - 2
TFCwestcan - ?
nfitz - 4
pekduck - ???
and 1 more from U-sector.
I guess that's at least 10.
Anyone else? Probably shouldn't leave this for more than a week or so (their ticket sales start Feb 13th) ... Seattle does sell out, and this is their home-opener. I've been reading stories on the boards about Galaxy fans not being able to get Seattle tickets, because they sold the away section before they bought.
Anyone know if the tickets are sent electronically from Seattle? That would make it easier. Can use my credit card for some tickets (they only want one or two credit cards).
Somehow since I have started watching Portlandia, I hate seattle more.
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