New England Revolution have sold more than 60,000 tickets for Messi’s visit

The New England Revolution introduced Wednesday that the club has sold more than 60,000 tickets for their April 27 match in opposition to Inter Miami at Gilette Stadium and anticipates it being the highest-attended house match within the historical past of the MLS constitution membership.

The Revolution are certainly one of a handful of MLS groups that play in a stadium primarily meant to host NFL video games. Founded by New England Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft, the Revolution have performed in the identical stadium because the Patriots because the former’s 1996 inception, together with at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. since 2001. Gilette Stadium seats simply over 65,000 individuals.

It can be the newest business success for Inter Miami and the MLS since Lionel Messi’s arrival to the membership final summer season. Messi was quickly joined by former FC Barcelona teammates Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and, in the beginning of the 2024 MLS season, Luis Suarez. But Messi is the draw, and each Inter Miami and the MLS have seen ticket gross sales and viewership scores undergo the roof because the arrival of the Argentine famous person and 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup champion.

By comparability, the Revolution averaged simply 23,940 followers per recreation in 2023 — a brand new membership report — and had simply over 29,000 attend their 2024 house opener. The Inter Miami match is about to interrupt the present Revolution attendance report for each a daily season (57,4407 attendees) and a playoff recreation (61,316 attendees). The former was set on April 20, 1997, when the Revolution performed a match in opposition to the Tampa Bay Mutiny as a part of a doubleheader the place the principle occasion was a United States men’s team World Cup qualifying match in opposition to Mexico. The latter was set throughout the 2002 MLS Cup ultimate between the Revolution and LA Galaxy.

Gillette Stadium has additionally hosted worldwide friendlies that have drawn more than 60,000 followers, together with a 2007 pleasant between Brazil and Mexico and a 2011 pleasant between Spain and the U.S. However, Messi’s anticipated arrival to the constructing Tom Brady referred to as house for more than 20 years appears poised to high all of them, no less than attendance-wise.

There continues to be some concern over whether or not Messi will really play that recreation. Messi has been out since March 13 due to a hamstring injury he suffered in Miami’s CONCACAF Champions Cup match in opposition to Nashville, although the harm had been described as minor.

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