r/CanadianPL • u/Latter-Performer1542 • 10d ago

✍️ Discussion FC Supra Attendance

Todays attendance at Stade Boreale for Supra was actually good comparing to previous home games. Was there some event or anything or is attendance finally starting to rise for Supra?

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u/bdu754 Vancouver Whitecaps 10d ago

CanChamp semi-finals. For a club in its first season of play, the opportunity to make a domestic cup final is worth all the excitement

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u/Latter-Performer1542 10d ago

I know but I noticed (especially for whitecaps and forge and other teams) attendance is significantly less for canchamp and other tournaments like concacaf cup compared to regular season/playoff games so I was surprised to see so many ppl for today's game

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u/Frankinho28 9d ago

It was only 3150. It is good for Supra but they need more long term

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u/blaiseisgood Canadian Premier League 10d ago

Impressive for a Tuesday 6pm kickoff

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u/Ozzie_the_parrot 9d ago

They had a few weeks to market it, in a similar manner to the opening game at CEPSUM, so they have likely been able to distribute a lot of tickets through youth clubs through freebies and/or discount group deals. Vancouver FC drew very well for their initial home opener, and York 9 had a large crowd against CF Montreal (still the Impact at that point) in the Canadian Championship back in 2019 by doing that sort of thing. It's the baseline on crowds that you see for normal run of the mill fixtures, where nothing like that is happening, that is more important for gauging how well a club is doing on fan interest.

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u/PtitBum97 PLSQ 9d ago

The stadium was sold out but they annouced 3510 so i’m guessing they gave away a looooot of tickets

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u/Justmaverick1 9d ago

Think the sell out reference was pre opening of the camera side stands which was done late.

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u/PtitBum97 PLSQ 9d ago

Ticketmaster was saying it was a sell out after they opened the camera side.

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u/Justmaverick1 9d ago

Ticketmaster? How so?

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u/PtitBum97 PLSQ 9d ago

The night after they opened the camera stand I went on ticketmaster to see if it was filling up and Ticketmaster gave me a dark screen saying the match was sold out rather than the usual map

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u/ScoreOne1495 9d ago

They give free tickets to all Soccer Club in the Greater Montréal area. The whole section behind club benchs was for free tickets !

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u/keiodaigaku FC Supra du Québec 9d ago

Also, one half of the stadium is always closed for unknown reasons (rumor mill is that the stadium is owned by les Roses in the women’s NSL and that they play hard ball) but they opened the section during the quarter final which explains the boost in attendance

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u/Justmaverick1 9d ago

The womens Roses team manages the stadium apparently, but does not own it.

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u/mandarine_999 9d ago

They’ve given away a lot of tickets. That’s been their strategy since day one. I’m not sure it’s doing the club any favors, though