CDNFootballer Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Fans are back in the stands tonight, no official numbers from the first game but York United FC are dealing with a covid restricted capacity of about 2400 and they earlier stated they sold out. First 8 games of the season were in the bubble in Winnipeg so 20 more per club home and away. Edited August 3, 2021 by CDNFootballer Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ftduck Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Was at the York - Forge game and they announced 1700 and change for the attendance. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Finding it difficult to track down the announced number in the usual places from 2019 like Soccerway: https://ca.soccerway.com/matches/2021/07/31/canada/canadian-premier-league/york-9/forge/3553973/ https://ca.soccerway.com/matches/2021/07/31/canada/canadian-premier-league/canada-pacific-fc/cavalry/3553974/ Onesoccer coverage makes it obvious that the crowd was well below capacity in Langford but weeknights after work have never been an easy draw there. The best crowds in 2019 were Saturday or Sunday fixtures with plenty of time for marketing in advance. Edited July 31, 2021 by Ozzie_the_parrot Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Onesoccer coverage makes it obvious that the crowd was well below capacity in Langford but weeknights after work have never been an easy draw there. Pics of the crowd in Langford for Pacific FC Friday : Edited July 31, 2021 by CDNFootballer toontownman, Cblake, johnyb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Judge for yourselves if what I wrote is a fair reflection. Langford is one of the places where Onesoccer's camera angle makes all of the seating readily visible: toontownman and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper1917 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Judge for yourselves if what I wrote is a fair reflection. Langford is one of the places where Onesoccer's camera angle makes all of the seating readily visible: It fair - stadium was considerably below capacity. Hopefully things will pick up once the covid jitter go away.... that is if infact its 'covid jitters' keeping people away. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, grasshopper1917 said: It fair - stadium was considerably below capacity. Hopefully things will pick up once the covid jitter go away.... that is if infact its 'covid jitters' keeping people away. I noticed that the Blue Jay's didn't hit their max allowed capacity and looking at Ticketmaster there are a lot of seats available for TFC on Sunday. Not everyone is ready to start going back to sporting events just yet. Cblake, Bbeto, grasshopper1917 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Are all the stadiums fully open? Or is there limited capacity? Seemed like more people at pacific than York, lots of free seats at both. No idea how many people were on the concourse or mingling. I'm just not a big fan of the open stadiums that promotes the chill wander around vibe, albeit maybe a nice community, family friendly community builder. But I guess I am also old school traditional, If you are coming to the game you should be locked on into the game, supporting the team for 90 mins. The minute you have concourses infront of the stands or open areas in between stands it starts detracting from the game and changes the atmosphere, imo. For me you can't beat emerging inside an enclosed stadium, it's a entirely separate place, an escape from the rest of the world and a fortress to support/watch and get lost in the game. Keep the other stuff outside the ground, plenty of fun stuff you can do there before/after the game. Sorry about the side track venting. Metro, Cblake and JohnnyFranchise 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, toontownman said: Are all the stadiums fully open? Or is there limited capacity? Seemed like more people at pacific than York, lots of free seats at both. No idea how many people were on the concourse or mingling. I'm just not a big fan of the open stadiums that promotes the chill wander around vibe, albeit maybe a nice community, family friendly community builder. But I guess I am also old school traditional, If you are coming to the game you should be locked on into the game, supporting the team for 90 mins. The minute you have concourses infront of the stands or open areas in between stands it starts detracting from the game and changes the atmosphere, imo. For me you can't beat emerging inside an enclosed stadium, it's a entirely separate place, an escape from the rest of the world and a fortress to support/watch and get lost in the game. Keep the other stuff outside the ground, plenty of fun stuff you can do there before/after the game. Sorry about the side track venting. York is 75% since it's no where near 15,000. They said it sold out at 2400 Seats and nothing was left on ticket Master so that appears to be true but only 1700 plus showed up. I don't know about Pacific, what are the BC restrictions? toontownman and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ftduck Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, toontownman said: Are all the stadiums fully open? Or is there limited capacity? Seemed like more people at pacific than York, lots of free seats at both. No idea how many people were on the concourse or mingling. I'm just not a big fan of the open stadiums that promotes the chill wander around vibe, albeit maybe a nice community, family friendly community builder. But I guess I am also old school traditional, If you are coming to the game you should be locked on into the game, supporting the team for 90 mins. The minute you have concourses infront of the stands or open areas in between stands it starts detracting from the game and changes the atmosphere, imo. For me you can't beat emerging inside an enclosed stadium, it's a entirely separate place, an escape from the rest of the world and a fortress to support/watch and get lost in the game. Keep the other stuff outside the ground, plenty of fun stuff you can do there before/after the game. Sorry about the side track venting. I would estimate 15% of attendance was on the concourse. Cblake and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ftduck said: Was at the York game ok turn out in terms of fan engagement funny thing about a group of 6 people behind me , heard a lady in that group answer a question when asked if she likes soccer say something very derogatory towards the sport , I wanted to to answer back then why the fuck are you here, but smartly kept my mouth shut, they ended up leaving 10 minutes into the second half lol. It was strange because I’m pretty sure I was one or two of them wearing a York 9 jersey or something, anyways strange woman , it’s like she made sure she was pretty loud when answering the question so we all heard her answer. Anyways York United need to tarp the fence around the stadium, don’t think it’s fair that you can practically stand outside the stadium and watch the whole game while asking people to pay to go inside a stadium wher a non paying person standing outside can watch the whole game for free , a bit bush league in my opinion I’m sorry. Edited July 31, 2021 by SoccMan Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 6 hours ago, Macksam said: York is 75% since it's no where near 15,000. They said it sold out at 2400 Seats and nothing was left on ticket Master so that appears to be true but only 1700 plus showed up. I don't know about Pacific, what are the BC restrictions? BC restrictions are 5K for Pacific FC, they were not at all close to that last night but coronavirus surely keeping some/many away from attending. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 1710 For York United FC last night. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, CDNFootballer said: BC restrictions are 5K for Pacific FC, they were not at all close to that last night but coronavirus surely keeping some/many away from attending. I don't think they hit 5k that often pre-covid. I don't think covid concerns are the reason for that attendance. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) Are there still restrictions in Alberta because FCE appeared to have almost sold out the far side blue wall stand on Ticketmater but that clealy wasn't what had happened in the highlights below? Interesting also that there are the bleachers behind the goal again. I thought they had given up on having the larger family section one to the left with respect to the camera angle: Edited August 1, 2021 by Ozzie_the_parrot Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 7/31/2021 at 4:27 AM, grasshopper1917 said: It fair - stadium was considerably below capacity. Hopefully things will pick up once the covid jitter go away.... that is if infact its 'covid jitters' keeping people away. I personally know four people that stayed away but would have been there prior to Covid. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 15 hours ago, Watchmen said: I don't think they hit 5k that often pre-covid. I don't think covid concerns are the reason for that attendance. They did in their home opener in 2019. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 And so the ugly saga starts anew. Every game, pics of ticketmaster, then screen caps of the game, then speculation, then whining about "papering the house", then complaining about special promotions or deals on prices. Is this really going to be a thing again this summer?? Is there any way to hit ignore for an entire thread?? I know, I know...dont read it, its a free country etc. Metro, Bbeto, dyslexic nam and 6 others 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 I think the CPL will eventually post the official attendance. At least they did in 2019. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper1917 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 7/31/2021 at 11:14 AM, toontownman said: Are all the stadiums fully open? Or is there limited capacity? Seemed like more people at pacific than York, lots of free seats at both. No idea how many people were on the concourse or mingling. I'm just not a big fan of the open stadiums that promotes the chill wander around vibe, albeit maybe a nice community, family friendly community builder. But I guess I am also old school traditional, If you are coming to the game you should be locked on into the game, supporting the team for 90 mins. The minute you have concourses infront of the stands or open areas in between stands it starts detracting from the game and changes the atmosphere, imo. For me you can't beat emerging inside an enclosed stadium, it's a entirely separate place, an escape from the rest of the world and a fortress to support/watch and get lost in the game. Keep the other stuff outside the ground, plenty of fun stuff you can do there before/after the game. Sorry about the side track venting. In Halifax we are at 4000 (half) capacity for August. There are no ticket sales to the public though as the season ticket base brings us up to the limit. I think some creative math was used to bring the Wanders ground max up to 8000 lol johnyb, Cblake and toontownman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlugan Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 12 hours ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Are there still restrictions in Alberta because FCE appeared to have almost sold out the far side blue wall stand on Ticketmater but that clealy wasn't what had happened in the highlights below? Interesting also that there are the bleachers behind the goal again. I thought they had given up on having the larger family section one to the left with respect to the camera angle: Fuck off douchebag...try going to a game. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 33 minutes ago, longlugan said: Fuck off douchebag...try going to a game. Relax bud like seriously. grasshopper1917 and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlugan Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 2 hours ago, SoccMan said: Relax bud like seriously. I'm totally relaxed bud...like seriously. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Bison44 said: And so the ugly saga starts anew. Every game, pics of ticketmaster, then screen caps of the game, then speculation, then whining about "papering the house", then complaining about special promotions or deals on prices. Is this really going to be a thing again this summer?? Is there any way to hit ignore for an entire thread?? I know, I know...dont read it, its a free country etc. We had two years and nobody taught the parrot new phrases?! Shame on us all MtlMario, Cblake and Bbeto 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Bison44 said: And so the ugly saga starts anew. Every game, pics of ticketmaster, then screen caps of the game, then speculation, then whining about "papering the house", then complaining about special promotions or deals on prices. Is this really going to be a thing again this summer?? Is there any way to hit ignore for an entire thread?? I know, I know...dont read it, its a free country etc. Look, I get it. But his question here isn't that unreasonable. Most places are limiting capacity right now and they're going to look more empty. Alberta is also marching to the beat of it's own drum, and might not be. It's not an unreasonable question, though I am aware of where it might lead. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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