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Filling stadiums is a good sign of interest.
But I don't think that's where the business is going to happen today. The number of on-site viewers is negligible compared to the amount that follows the game through TV all around the world.
Pretty much. The World Cup is like the Olympics, people don't care about Curling but they will pack a stadium and the country will all become Curling fans for a few days only to be repeated again in 4 years.
People will come to watch the game, but it's not going be focused in one city or country. NJ is only getting 4% of the total games. You will have some die hards come in and some wealthy people when their country makes it to the championship.
They will come in have a Miller light at Applebee's in Time Square, stay a the Hilton in Manhattan and take NJ Transit back and forth. Some might do tax-free shopping at the outlets. Don't really see this as being a larger event than Taylor Swift coming to town for the weekend.
We grew up on American Football not soccer but everyone I knew got heavily into the Cosmos super team with Pele and company. If you put a great product on the field people will come out.
Franz Beckenbauer died recently, and only then did I learn that he was on that Cosmos team as well (I've played/followed soccer my entire life, but at age 37, that Cosmos squad was before my time). What a team that must've been to witness. This year's Inter Miami squad, featuring Messi and Luis Suarez, will be the closest thing yet assembled in the MLS
Last edited by Matt Marcinkiewicz; 02-09-2024 at 09:54 AM..
Your ignorant of the sport you pretend to know about. There are millions of Soccer/Futbol players in the US. Between children leagues, High school , College, pick up Men's and Women's indoor and outdoor leagues, the Men and Women's pro leagues and the USWT and Men's teams. Yes ,millions of Fans!
There's a 75-team men's soccer league in Buffalo. I played in it for 10 years. 75 teams x 18ish players per team = 1350ish league participants, in an area of around a million people that isn't particularly renowned for its soccer fervor
There's a 75-team men's soccer league in Buffalo. I played in it for 10 years. 75 teams x 18ish players per team = 1350ish league participants, in an area of around a million people that isn't particularly renowned for its soccer fervor
Premise of the OP is misguided
Virginia is the same way. I grew up on and playing American football but all three of my girls played and that's were I fell in love with Soccer. All played for fun, one took it to a level I never imagined , she has three international CAPS, then an injury put an end to he career. To this day we all gather together wo Watch the World Cup no matter where it's playing and we did get to see the USWNT in 99 and we saw the games at Giants Stadium, which had higher seating for that match then any Giants or Jets Game including the 87 NFC Championship game.
Curious on how they get 1 million visitors when the stadium only holds 82k people for a 3 hour game.
If the Governor was smart, they would start taxing clothes. Foreigners love to shop for American clothes and all those transactions are tax-free and leaves the state to national and international corporations.
That would affect New Jerseyans much more than anyone else.
That would affect New Jerseyans much more than anyone else.
They should start by charging taxes at the outlets. There is literally zero value for the people of New Jersey. They pay minimum wage to some workers, the revenues/profits leave the state and NJ really gets nothing from it.
You keep saying this, but the numbers are showing soccer fans don't exist in significant numbers. 99% of the people in NJ couldn't even name an MLS team, and 99.9% couldn't even name two teams. Most people in NJ wouldn't even know who Cristiano Ronaldo is, who is supposed to be the most famous person in the world.
He doesn't play for Manchester City so I don't care who he is.
Of course Argentina is a more passionate soccer country. However, you are forgetting just how big the United States is. There are more passionate soccer fans in the United States than in soccer mad countries like Holland, Portugal, Guatemala, etc.
You seem to take being a passionate soccer fan as a positive, while I see it as a negative attitude. Getting into debt, not going to work, and even leaving their family to go to where the team plays, is in my opinion a stupid thing to do. Generally, those who have this attitude are people of little education and short-mindedness.
On the contrary, the lack of such people is indicative that the country has intelligent and educated people. I know that the U.S. is huge and that there are all kind of people. But I think that in general the level of education of its people is on average much better than what we have in Argentina.
Last edited by Luis Antonio; 02-10-2024 at 07:37 PM..
They should start by charging taxes at the outlets. There is literally zero value for the people of New Jersey. They pay minimum wage to some workers, the revenues/profits leave the state and NJ really gets nothing from it.
Not true, please link the facts!
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