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And having been to Gainesville, Ann Arbor and Tuscaloosa, I'm not surprised their stadia are full, nothing else to do in town.
When the World Baseball Classic gets 1.5 billion viewers, as the last World Cup Final got, let us know.
College football is six home games per year. That doesn’t add all that much to the list of things to do. A good Premier League club has 19 home league games, at least 3 Europe competition home games, and a few Carabao Cup and FA Cup home games. It’s a 9 month season.
MLS in 2023 set a new regular season record attendance of 22,111 per match (average), for 10.9 million total. (For comparison, the English PL was 16 million.) The top three teams for stadium attendance were Atlanta, Charlotte, and Seattle.
MLS in 2023 set a new regular season record attendance of 22,111 per match (average), for 10.9 million total. (For comparison, the English PL was 16 million.) The top three teams for stadium attendance were Atlanta, Charlotte, and Seattle.
MLS in 2023 set a new regular season record attendance of 22,111 per match (average), for 10.9 million total. (For comparison, the English PL was 16 million.) The top three teams for stadium attendance were Atlanta, Charlotte, and Seattle.
That's kind of apples vs oranges comparison. 20 Premier clubs vs 29 MLS clubs. Premier League matches are pretty much universally sold out. There are no empty seats. It's also not counting FA Cup, League Cup, and European competition. If you add in the top-9 Championship clubs, those all have average attendance higher than the MLS. Sunderland draws 41,000.
Television revenue is the most telling. The Premier League has almost caught up with the NFL. Apple pays MLS $250 million per year.
I just came back from MLS Next Fest in AZ. I think it's very safe to say that soccer if very popular in the US, and has grown exponentially in recent years, and will continue to do so. It was a MASSIVE event showcasing the top youth talents from the US and Canada over the course of a week.
That's kind of apples vs oranges comparison. 20 Premier clubs vs 29 MLS clubs. Premier League matches are pretty much universally sold out. There are no empty seats. It's also not counting FA Cup, League Cup, and European competition. If you add in the top-9 Championship clubs, those all have average attendance higher than the MLS. Sunderland draws 41,000.
Television revenue is the most telling. The Premier League has almost caught up with the NFL. Apple pays MLS $250 million per year.
I think all that is besides the point for the purposes of this discussion. The attendance shows that the MLS is a sustainable product; currently the 8th richest football league in the world. Yes, it has a ways to go to catch up with the PL, but it is on a steadily improving trend. Increasing finances means it can attract better talent, drawing in more audience.
This is not happening in the next couple of decades at least.
What's "not happening?"
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