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March 15, 2007
Mexico/Ecuador sold out!
Yes, the word from Earthquakes Soccer, LLC, is that the Mexico/Ecuador match is a sellout! This is a remarkable feat and a credit to the soccer fans of the Bay Area, since the conventional wisdom says that Mexico games rely on a big walk-up crowd for the majority of ticket sales. Two weeks before the match, all 47,416 seats are gone.
We know that Club Quake and Earthquakes Soccer are working on arrangements for a special tailgate area for Earthquakes fans, but we have some other details about the game that we can share now. Parking lots at McAfee Coliseum will open at 3:00 p.m. and parking will cost $20. Gates to the stadium open at 6:30 p.m. The Earthquakes are advising fans to use the BART to access the stadium in order to alleviate congestion.
Stadium Lot A will host Fútbol Fiesta, an interactive festival that opens to the public at 4:00 p.m. The festival includes free live music, interactive games and gifts from official Mexican National Team U.S. Tour 2007 sponsors. Also, the first 10,000 fans entering the stadium will receive a free drawstring bag from AT&T.
The Earthquakes' press release also mentions the following:
The match, the 20th for Mexico in the Bay Area, will establish two new attendance records for Bay Area soccer. First, the match will set a new attendance record for soccer at the Oakland Coliseum by beating the previous mark of 36,240 set on February 7, 1998 in a 2-0 victory for México over Honduras in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match will also establish a new record for a Mexican National Team match in the Bay Area, thus surpassing the previous mark of 44,729 set January 25, 2006 for a match between México and Norway at Monster Park.
So, a record-setting match right out of the gate! Not a bad way to start!
Posted by Jay at March 15, 2007 02:16 PM