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Edited on Sat Jan-20-07 02:04 PM by northzax
but then the Galaxy play in a stadium that seats about 25,000. Or take a place like Pizza Hut park in Dallas, which sold out every FC Dallas game, and drew a total of 720,000 people to watch soccer over the course of the year (including friendlies, other league matches, Gold Cup and the like. the Galaxy stadium, the Home Dept Center, seats 27,000 and averaged just over 20,000 for the season, a year they didn't make the playoffs.
and, of course, the Galaxy have actually made a profit for the past three years, but hey, keep talking. you do know better. After all, only five NFL teams sold out every home game in 2006, and one, the Redskins, only because of season ticket deals signed long ago, and for the last two games, you literally couldn't give your tickets away.
oh, one more thing. every soccer specific stadium complex used by MLS has been built with private money. no government bonds, no taxes. cash on the barrelhead. how many pro sports leagues can claim that?
lastly, before you mock too much, the owners of the Galaxy, Anschutz Entertainment, are the largest owner of sports teams, largest owner of arenas and the second largest sports even promotion company in the world. maybe, just maybe, they have an idea of what they are about?
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