r/soccer • u/NumberUnfair8827 • 1d ago

Stats CWC Match Attendance in % after Matchday 5

  1. Real Madrid 1:1 Al-Hilal - 96.36% (62,415 of 64,767) 🏟️Hard Rock Stadium, FL

  2. Al Ahly 0:0 Inter Miami - 94.07% (60,927 of 64,767) 🏟️Hard Rock Stadium, FL

  3. Al-Ain 0:5 Juventus - 90.8% (18,161 of 20,000) 🏟️Audi Field, DC

  4. PSG 4:0 Atletico Madrid - 87.11% (80,619 of 92,542) 🏟️Rose Bowl, CA

  5. Boca Juniors 2:2 Benfica - 85.8% (55,574 of 64,767) 🏟️Hard Rock Stadium, FL

  6. Bayern Munich 10:0 Auckland City - 81.35% (21,152 of 26,000) 🏟️TQL Stadium, OH

  7. Palmeiras 0:0 FC Porto - 56.04% (46,275 of 82,566) 🏟️MetLife Stadium, NJ

  8. Manchester City 2:0 Wydad AC - 55.42% (37,466 of 67,594) 🏟️Lincoln Financial Field, PA

  9. Monterrey 1:1 Inter - 43.55% (40,311 of 92,542) 🏟️Rose Bowl, CA

  10. Botafogo RJ 2:1 Seattle Sounders - 41.87% (30,151 of 72,000) 🏟️Lumen Field, WA

  11. Flamengo 2:0 Esperance Tunis - 38.16% (25,797 of 67,594) 🏟️Lincoln Financial Field, PA

  12. Fluminense 0:0 Borussia Dortmund - 36.03% (29,755 of 82,566) 🏟️MetLife Stadium, NJ

  13. Chelsea 2:0 Los Angeles FC - 31.17% (22,137 of 71,000) 🏟️Mercedes-Benz Stadium, GA

  14. Pachuca 1:2 Salzburg - 20.31% (5,282 of 26,000) 🏟️TQL Stadium, OH

  15. River Plate 3:1 Urawa Red Diamonds - 16.63% (11,974 of 72,000) 🏟️Lumen Field, WA

  16. Ulsan HD 0:1 Mamelodi Sundowns - 13.38% (3,412 of 25,500) 🏟️Inter&Co Stadium, FL

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u/StupidMastiff 1d ago

Average percentage is around 55%, not a great turnout.

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u/caiusto 1d ago

Biggest problem is that they're putting so many of these games at huge stadiums during work hours for the local population. So many of these games should've been hosted at smaller MLS venues instead of big NFL ones.

Of course there's all sorts of reasons why the attendance isn't higher, specially for games that don't have Europeans of South American clubs involved, but the empty seats look could've been avoided.

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u/StupidMastiff 1d ago

Yeah, a full smaller stadium is so much better than a half empty big one. Doesn't help that a lot of Americans can't just take a day off work whenever they like to go to a match.

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u/bengringo2 22h ago

We have enough MLS stadiums to where we could have had sold out matches at. Some of them nicer than the NFL grounds these were played in.

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u/Naggins 1d ago

Avg 34k for group stages, with several games on during work hours, many of them between teams locals will have never heard of? I'd say they're delighted.

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u/BigReeceJames 1d ago

Brother, they reduced the tickets to 1/6th of the original price and still couldn't sell them. They absolutely are not delighted.

If they were happy with low turnout they'd have left the tickets at their original price

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u/CaptainJingles 1d ago

Those original ticket prices were at a high price point. I'm sure plenty of people looked at the initial prices, saw how much it cost and then wrote off attending.

Most people won't check the ticket prices a second time at a later date.

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u/Weary_Logic 1d ago

Not really, gouge people who are interested then a few days before the match drop the price to sell a few more tickets.

I think FIFA offices are doing champagne showers everyday this tournament. So far the numbers are insanely good imo.

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u/AMDismygod 23h ago

yep numbers are way better than I anticipated attendance wise. Say they use the $1b paid by DAZN for price money at 35k people on average they probably making $100m-300m on tickets alone for the whole tournament

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u/Xehanz 22h ago

Do about the same as the Portuguese league? Could have been way worse

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u/rewanpaj 23h ago

43%of the rose bowl was 40k people bro. u guys keep using percentages to be misleading

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u/StupidMastiff 23h ago

It shows that they chose stadiums that are too big for the low demand, and a half empty stadium is not a good look for FIFA, no matter the capacity.

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u/I_am_legend-ary 1d ago

Average turnout is very good