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According to this report, Philadelphia's, as-yet-unnamed, MLS club has already sold 3,400 season tickets (18% of stadium capacity) for a team that was only announced one month ago, which has had no advertising or marketing thus far, and which will not begin play until 2010. This follows a recent trend which started with the introduction of Toronto which sold out of all available season tickets well before opening day both in their inaugural year, and this season as well. Likewise, Seattle has put up strong early numbers and has at last count sold close to 13,500 season tickets for a team still without a name, crest, official manager or player, and which will not take the pitch until the 2009 season. Great news Philly, keep it going. These recent additions to the league prove that the sport is rising in popularity in the US and Canada.
yet another sign that MLS needs to let new teams build bigger stadiums. toronto obviously needs to add 10,000 seats or so, and i doubt the montreal franchise (if it happens) could survive on a mere 20k when the impact average 11k (just 2000 shy of capacity). philly should look for a 25-27000 seat stadium. i bet they'd still sell out a lot, and possibly beat the galaxy in attendance.
I'm sure that whatever capacity they choose will also be built to take future expansion into consideration. I know that TFC has been looking into expanding BMO Field.
Yeah, Seattle has not "sold" a single season ticket. Rather, it has sold season ticket "deposits" which go for $50/each. You might want to check your facts to see whether Philly is doing the same thing. I would be surprised if they were already selling season tickets when they don't have a team manager, players or stadium.