2026 Season Ticket Thread

[Jon]

Do season ticket holders have unlimited trade ins this year?

 

[RunningWise]

Do season ticket holders have unlimited trade ins this year?

Yes. However it’s no longer for credit. You exchange game for game. I was just dealing with this as I can’t attend a bunch of games and had to work with my advisor or whatever you call them.

When you trade in you have to chose another game. You no longer can bank the credit or the game, it wants you to chose something immediately. And if you are trying to trade for a game of higher cost you have to pay the difference, if it’s cheaper you lose the extra value and the Miami game and LA game are both unavailable for a trade. It’s quite a process. I prefer the credits.

 

[Kenny]

Yes. However it’s no longer for credit. You exchange game for game. I was just dealing with this as I can’t attend a bunch of games and had to work with my advisor or whatever you call them.

When you trade in you have to chose another game. You no longer can bank the credit or the game, it wants you to chose something immediately. And if you are trying to trade for a game of higher cost you have to pay the difference, if it’s cheaper you lose the extra value and the Miami game and LA game are both unavailable for a trade. It’s quite a process. I prefer the credits.

Wow, that's substantially worse. One more reason I'm not regretting giving up my season tickets this year.

On that subject-- I will still be going to a lot of games, grabbing tickets on a game by game basis a few days beforehand. Does anyone else do this?

 

[ZYanksRule]

Brad Sims talked to Glenn and Roberto a couple weeks ago, I finally listened to it last night -- one of the parts I thought was interesting is Brad Sims talked about how they're going to sell general tickets to Etihad Park.

He confirmed the team has around 13,000 season ticket holders. He also said there are another 13,000 people who have put a deposit down for the new stadium (some of those the $10 deposits they've been hawking since last season, but alas, they have a list of 26,000 people they're going to try to sell season tickets to.

And also interesting to get confirmation that we have 13,000 season ticket holders.

 

[mgarbowski]

He confirmed the team has around 13,000 season ticket holders.

13,000 STHs, or 13,000 sold season tickets? I'm not meaning to be pedantic it makes a difference in terms of selling the new stadium. Because if there are 13k STHs currently buying >13k seats, plus another 13k depositors, they should be way oversubscribed. That's so even if a decent number of current holders drop out due to higher prices.

I realize you don't have this answer, but I'd also like to know how many premium seats were sold to people or companies who are not current STHs, and whether they are considered part of either 13k number.

I'm also concerned that some current STHs will be find that the seats they are able/willing to afford are gone by the time it is their turn. The stadium won't be sold out in full, but it will operate as if it were sold out from their point of view.

 

[canchon]

Do we know when existing season ticket holders will start to select seats at Etihad Park?

I thought I read somewhere that it would be this summer like in June.

 

[ZYanksRule]

13,000 STHs, or 13,000 sold season tickets? I'm not meaning to be pedantic it makes a difference in terms of selling the new stadium. Because if there are 13k STHs currently buying >13k seats, plus another 13k depositors, they should be way oversubscribed. That's so even if a decent number of current holders drop out due to higher prices.

I realize you don't have this answer, but I'd also like to know how many premium seats were sold to people or companies who are not current STHs, and whether they are considered part of either 13k number.

I'm also concerned that some current STHs will be find that the seats they are able/willing to afford are gone by the time it is their turn. The stadium won't be sold out in full, but it will operate as if it were sold out from their point of view.

For the record, those deposit-holders include people who bought a playoff ticket last year; they did a bunch of small deposit offers. Many of those people are unlikely to actually buy season tickets in the new stadium, but they put a deposit down or had one put down for them.

Brad said he expects every game to be sold out for 10-15 years as part of their "30-year business plan" and while I think that's a bit of hyperbole, I think almost every game will be sold out for at least a few years in the new stadium until the novelty wears off. We're averaging 21,000 fans/game in baseball stadiums, there's going to be a lot of interest in going to an actual soccer stadium to watch soccer.

 

[gbservis]

For the record, those deposit-holders include people who bought a playoff ticket last year; they did a bunch of small deposit offers. Many of those people are unlikely to actually buy season tickets in the new stadium, but they put a deposit down or had one put down for them.

Brad said he expects every game to be sold out for 10-15 years as part of their "30-year business plan" and while I think that's a bit of hyperbole, I think almost every game will be sold out for at least a few years in the new stadium until the novelty wears off. We're averaging 21,000 fans/game in baseball stadiums, there's going to be a lot of interest in going to an actual soccer stadium to watch soccer.

Something tells me they are going to have a hard time selling out single game tickets for those early December or late February games, no matter how exciting the stadium is.

 

[ZYanksRule]

Something tells me they are going to have a hard time selling out single game tickets for those early December or late February games, no matter how exciting the stadium is.

I thought the plan was to play the games immediately around the winter break on the road, so hopefully we would usually play our last home game in November and our first home game in March.

 

[413Blue]

I thought the plan was to play the games immediately around the winter break on the road, so hopefully we would usually play our last home game in November and our first home game in March.

The way I heard it is that they would tilt the schedule towards warmer cities during the coldest months, but it wouldn't be a hard and fast rule, so we'll still get games in winter, albeit less than Orlando.

I suspect they are going to try harder to keep Toronto, Montreal, Minnesota, and maybe Chicago away from home. We will be in that 2nd tier.

Personally, I think going 4+ months in the middle of the season without a home match is just a bit too long.

Btw, does anyone know the localized conditions of WP? Is it generally colder than the city average, more wind etc? Or is it pretty much in line.

 

[twsj91]

The way I heard it is that they would tilt the schedule towards warmer cities during the coldest months, but it wouldn't be a hard and fast rule, so we'll still get games in winter, albeit less than Orlando.

I suspect they are going to try harder to keep Toronto, Montreal, Minnesota, and maybe Chicago away from home. We will be in that 2nd tier.

Personally, I think going 4+ months in the middle of the season without a home match is just a bit too long.

Btw, does anyone know the localized conditions of WP? Is it generally colder than the city average, more wind etc? Or is it pretty much in line.

As a Mets fan the wind off flushing bay in the early season can be unbearable

 

[Seth]

As a Mets fan the wind off flushing bay in the early season can be unbearable

100% this. I have tickets for soccer jersey day in early-ish June and I'm really hoping it's a nice warm day.

I thought the plan was to play the games immediately around the winter break on the road, so hopefully we would usually play our last home game in November and our first home game in March.

It's mid-March. Today's match will be in the upper 30s wind chill at best, dropping down to the mid 30s. My down jacket's waiting for me.