After a record-breaking ticket sales in the last game against Sporting Kansas City, no one expected that Inter Miami's away game against the New England Revolution would also sell out tickets in this round. Thanks to the blessing of Argentine star Lionel Messi, tickets for this match were in short supply as soon as they went on sale. More than 60,000 tickets have been sold so far, with only a handful of tickets being resold on the secondary market. At the moment, full capacity is not a big problem.
It is reported that the home stadium of the New England Revolution has a capacity of more than 60,000 people, so they do not have to temporarily loan the home stadium of the local football team to accommodate more fans, as they did in the last game of Athletic Kandas City. However, there is still a chance that there will be a shortage of tickets for the game. So far, the New England Revolution has averaged around 22,000 attendance per game at home this season. The official ticket sales of this game alone have exceeded 60,000, and it has to be said that the arrival of the plum ball king has directly sold 40,000 more tickets for the home team.
And what's even more exaggerated is that, according to the data of the ticketing website, the ticket price of this game has increased by 3~4 times. This would bring the home team more than $10 million in addition, which has to be said to be a staggering figure. Looking at the entire world football, I am afraid that only the Argentine king Messi has such an influence. After all, local fans want to experience the style of the king of the ball live. It is worth mentioning that the home team, the New England Revolutionary Club, has the highest attendance record in history with 61,316. They reached the MLS Finals in 2002 and fans set the record in support of the home team.
Now, with the arrival of Messi, this record is likely to be easily broken. After all, judging by the current data, the number of attendees should hit a new high. Such an influence is indeed exaggerated. In anticipation of the visit of Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, the home team, the New England Revolution, warmed up for the game on its official website a week in advance, which was the first time in the club's history. After all, this is just an ordinary MLS regular season, and the team's official website warmed up about a week in advance, which also showed how seriously they took the game.
In addition, the sudden increase in numbers is also putting pressure on the local transport authorities as a large number of fans will be pouring into the stadium on the day of the game. According to ESPN, the Boston area will have two additional trains for the MLS regular season. The main purpose of the additional trains at two different stations is to accommodate more fans. Again, this is a new record, as there is no such precedent before. It's hard to imagine that a player can have such an impact.
In fact, after Messi joined the MLS, the places he went were indeed full of tickets in short supply. Whether it's the North American League Cup, the U.S. Champions Cup, the U.S. Open or the ordinary regular season, as long as there is a game that Messi has confirmed to play. Then all the tickets for this game will be sold out, and there has even been a grand occasion where 30,000 tickets were sold out within three minutes of the ticket opening. Both home and away fans want to watch Messi's game live. This also gave birth to many classic scenes, that is, wherever Messi goes, sometimes the away stadium will also become his home stadium. Many of the opponent's fans will join in chanting Messi.
There are also many fans wearing the home team's jersey, but changing the number behind them to Messi can be said to be very interesting. In contrast, Messi's old rival Cristiano Ronaldo's ticket appeal to victory in Riyadh is not so good, and there are often large areas of empty seats in the stadium. It was also the lowest ever attendance record in the AFC Champions League, with only 3,111 fans watching the AFC Champions League, which was really embarrassing. Perhaps because Messi won the World Cup, he and Ronaldo had diametrically opposite situations at the end of their careers. What do you think about this?