It's also amazing that it's Maxime and Maxi who are the first ones to go to the supporters. Maxime our longest-tenured player, and Maxi one of the other three guys who have been here since 2017. (Johnson, Callens, and Sands).
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It's also amazing that it's Maxime and Maxi who are the first ones to go to the supporters. Maxime our longest-tenured player, and Maxi one of the other three guys who have been here since 2017. (Johnson, Callens, and Sands).
There were a few people beyond the fence, but not many. Maybe people were afraid they'd be turned away? I dunno -- But the idea that tickets were sold out in less than an hour tells me there was interest in an event for far more people than were able to be admitted into City Hall.
I mean I agree, but then again from a logical perspective, I'd expect it was mostly people who were able to go to the watch party and/or portland, which was around 5,000 people, which means that 1,000 would sell out quickly.
Not surprised with Cincinnati being so high. I've been spending a lot of time there because my girlfriend is from the area and they have a VERY supportive soccer fanbase. The city just loves its sports!
I think the event was just about as big as it could have been. I arrived at 11:30 and they didn’t even check my ticket (just my vax card) and there were just a handful of folks who didn’t get seated. It was a nice event but it didn’t resonate much outside the perimeter. For contrast, a couple of weeks ago I was in Madrid and there was some sort of Red Bull F1 victory lap celebration. Recoletos was packed with fans and casuals. We couldn’t even get close enough to see what was going on. People were hanging off of fences.
Brad Sims quote in Newsday about why they chose this event instead of a parade:
NYCFC celebrates its MLS title with mayor, fans at City Hall
City's supporters call for the team to build its own stadium in wake of its championship.
www.newsday.com
The recognition keeps coming in. A blue heart would be preferred by all
A 1.5 rating for this team in NYC is massive. Safe to say it's not anywhere even close to that in the regular season. Hopefully some of these fans stick around next season.
1.5 rating means what? Clearly it's not million, so not sure how to read this. percent of people living there?
I understand most of the top markets - but Carolina? Am I missing something obvious? Was this scouting for the expansion draft?
Scouting / generalized excitement. I think it's easy to forget what it felt like in 2014 when we were waiting for NYCFC's first match. At that time I would consume pretty much anything that felt like it gave some connection to the team that was about to launch.
1.5% of households in the region were tuned into the game at some point.
Yeah, and there was a lot of Carolina in there. Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville is a good 2-3 hours from Charlotte. Raleigh is even farther in the opposite direction. And Charlotte wasn't itself even in the Top 10.
My guess is that this is anticipation around joining the league combined with those areas being a bit more progressive and younger than Charlotte itself.
1.5% of 8,400,000 = 126,000.
So NY peaked at around 126,000 viewers? plus of course people that watched on the same screen so we can maybe multiply that by like 1/2? so we are looking at around maybe 180,000? That's incredibly small compared to the population of New York City. (Unless the region is bigger than that, but even then.)
I am not certain, but that might be reflecting the MSA - i.e. 1.5% of 20,000,000.
Still it's a relatively low percentage, but it's overall positive. The Club should get some real momentum out of this, and after the last couple of years, we need it.
