Nyk33 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Gothamite said: Should be interesting to see what the other Oklahoma City team does. The Energy had an attendance around 5,600 last week for their home opener according to Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 I saw some Twitter highlights, and the Cosmos stadium looked deserted. Turns out they packed everyone into one side of the stadium. Which is their new normal. Probably looked better on television, but I can't imagine that the atmosphere was any good. Everybody in the stadium had to look past the pitch to a sea of empty seats. Haven't seen an official count, but based on that photo I'm guessing that the attendance had to have been between five and six thousand. Does anybody else do this? EDIT: the official number is 5,094. That's gotta smart. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Annnddd... TFC all TFC about it. @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 15 hours ago, Gothamite said: I saw some Twitter highlights, and the Cosmos stadium looked deserted. Turns out they packed everyone into one side of the stadium. Which is their new normal. Probably looked better on television, but I can't imagine that the atmosphere was any good. Everybody in the stadium had to look past the pitch to a sea of empty seats. Haven't seen an official count, but based on that photo I'm guessing that the attendance had to have been between five and six thousand. Does anybody else do this? EDIT: the official number is 5,094. That's gotta smart. The weather didn't really do the Cosmos any favors last night. According to people that were there people went home early because of the wind and the cold weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 True enough, but the NASL counts "tickets distributed" like all other pro leagues, so that 5,094 counts people who bought tickets and then stayed home, plus whatever comps they gave away. It's still a major dropoff from past openers. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Congrats to FC Cincinnati for having an attendance over 14,000 in its first game. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/soccer/fc-cincinnati/2016/04/09/fc-cincy-starts-off-home-win/82853730/ That's higher than Chicago & Dallas got last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Not quite the league record, but really strong numbers for an inaugural game. Beat us by a good 3,000 people for our home opener. That's a really nice field they're at, too. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Count me impressed with Cincinnati. They made some pretty major missteps early on but they seem to have corrected them through the sheer will of some of their supporters groups. We'll see how it lasts. I'm hopeful for them but I've heard more than a few people call Cincinnati an "event town" where people turn up for events like opening day but not for the long haul. I don't live there so I don't really know how true that is so we'll see! They have another home game against a rival this week! Indy got 9k for a game 2 degrees above freezing. Probably 7k actual so not bad. I'm thinking it'll be closer to 10k this week against the Cosmos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 1 hour ago, pcgd said: Count me impressed with Cincinnati. They made some pretty major missteps early on but they seem to have corrected them through the sheer will of some of their supporters groups. We'll see how it lasts. I'm hopeful for them but I've heard more than a few people call Cincinnati an "event town" where people turn up for events like opening day but not for the long haul. I don't live there so I don't really know how true that is so we'll see! They have another home game against a rival this week! This is mostly true, but I can see a scenario where a thing like a biweekly pro soccer game becomes an "event" especially since it's relatively inexpensive. I heard a lot chatter about the team in the weeks leading up to the first game coming from people I wouldn't expect to be interested in soccer. Maybe it was just curiosity, maybe it was just something to do on a Saturday night. I didn't go, but they won and it looked like fun so that can't hurt. They're also fortunate in that they've caught the Reds in what should be a down year. Many people were miffed at the Reds' moves this offseason and have sports entertainment money to spend elsewhere this summer. If they'd come to town in 2012 when the Reds were dominating the sports attention I don't think they'd have as much of a chance at getting noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I don't want to get to big of a head or anything, but I'm pretty sure Don Garber was impressed with what he saw in Sacramento today. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Garber says MLS will have 28 teams by 2020, and targets Sacramento (if Mayor McGrabass can steal enough taxpayer money again), St. Louis, and Detroit as expansion markets. On one hand, the idea of having Minnesota, St. Louis, and Detroit in the league within 4 years is a fantastic prospect for Chicago. On the other hand, my, what a pretty bubble we have here, slowly floating upward. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Funny, everything I've been hearing lately says that the new Republic stadium would be privately funded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Both teams get a point, but that was horrific reffing at the end in the Orlando-NE game. BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 On April 15, 2016 at 1:04 AM, tp49 said: Funny, everything I've been hearing lately says that the new Republic stadium would be privately funded. Thats the plan, but they still need to get certain city and state funding for infrastructure around the park and things like that. There are quite a few moving parts to this whole thing, and certain things Republic doesn't want to (and shouldn't have to) pay for. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I can't believe FC Cincinnati beat the Crew in attendance with 20,000 people. http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/04/17/fc-cincinnati-set-usl-attendance-record-more-20000-saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Wow. They might be onto something here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 On 4/17/2016 at 5:55 PM, Bucfan56 said: Thats the plan, but they still need to get certain city and state funding for infrastructure around the park and things like that. There are quite a few moving parts to this whole thing, and certain things Republic doesn't want to (and shouldn't have to) pay for. Sorry, but a privately-owned professional sports team (or private collegiate one) should have to get its own money its own way without pillaging the tax coffers, every single time. I don't care if the ownership is good people interested in the community, my tax money is not meant to finance their toys which, time and time again, have shown negligible financial benefit at best. You want public money? Okay, then get ready for partial public ownership of your team proportional to the investment, along with the full and open release of the team's financials every year. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 On April 17, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Bucfan56 said: Thats the plan, but they still need to get certain city and state funding for infrastructure around the park and things like that. There are quite a few moving parts to this whole thing, and certain things Republic doesn't want to (and shouldn't have to) pay for. What exactly would those be? The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I'm curious too. If it's anything on the site, that's all Republic. If it's roads leading to the site, that's probably on the Republic too. If it's deferred maintenance on utilities nearby, well, that seems trickier. But in general, most everything should be on the Republic. Another question: does MLS need to be expanding so much? 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Everything involving the park should be on Republic to pay for, and there's no disagreement (at least from me) there. But there are some serious issues with the surrounding area that the city needs to take care of (and has needed to take care of for a LONG time anyway, regardless of SRFC's stadium) for this whole thing to work. The area was basically a toxic waste dump before this, and the roads have been in bad need of repair anyway. Its somewhat similar to the San Francisco Giants putting a privately funded ballpark in the China Basin. It's a pretty hefty financial commitment on the part of the owners that is going to revitalize an area that's been mostly neglected. The city (or county, or state, or whoever deals with the funding on all of this. I'm not entirely sure which public entity it would be) should, at least, do what they can to make sure the surrounding roads aren't crumbling and the ground isn't poisonous. Also, I don't think they're even going to need to do things like add an additional tax to pay for any of that, either. It's more a matter of shifting current public funds for infrastructure to that area. It's basic stuff that was on the docket anyway, but this just bumps it up on the priority list. From what I understand, that's not terribly uncommon. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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