Any rational observer would assume that executives have at least explored the possibility of playing Messi’s games at Hard Rock Stadium, the 65,000-capacity home of the Miami Dolphins. Miami’s stopgap home, DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, holds just 18,000 people. July 1 tickets - before Messi’s arrival - remain available for $34.Įvery game thereafter shows only a suspenseful message: “On sale date and time are in the works - please check back!” Within hours of Wednesday's announcement, those rafters tickets were available for $125 a pop and around 12,000 sold in 15 hours, according to a club spokesman. Club officials had already decided that, if Messi were to join Inter, they'd open the upper bowl of their 71,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium for that game. 16 date with Miami for months, as Messi rumors swirled. 24 rivalry match, including “priority access” for anybody who purchases new pro-rated season ticket packages or “four-match packs.”Ītlanta United had also been eyeing its Sept. Orlando City, for example, announced an updated ticketing scheme for its Sept. Some savvy ticket holders, who’d read about realistic debut dates, instantly considered cashing in on the likely misguided spike - and, in some cases, recouping the entire price they’d paid for season tickets.Ĭlubs themselves also saw an opportunity to capitalize on Messi’s pull. Louis, which hosts Miami on July 15, before Messi’s expected debut, it had risen above $200, toward $300. 3, the get-in price is around $700.Įven in St. 26 game against Miami - and saw the lowest StubHub prices climb to almost $500, including fees.įor LAFC on Sept. The New York Red Bulls, who typically command $20 or $30 for cheap resales, quickly sold out their Aug. On the secondary market, meanwhile, prices rose to unprecedented heights. (The get-in price for Charlotte’s prior game, against Toronto, in the lower bowl: $26.) ET, the last pair had been snapped up only resale tickets were still available, for anywhere between $182 and $10,000. The cheapest were priced at $125 apiece, and by 11 p.m. 21, and will open the upper bowl of Bank of America Stadium, which it shares with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. 3 game against Miami - more in one day than they’d previously sold since tickets first became available - despite raising the price of the cheapest ticket to $250.Ĭharlotte FC also sold more than 10,000 tickets Wednesday for Oct. By early evening, the Chicago Fire were on pace to sell some 10,000 tickets by end of day for their Oct. By Thursday morning, the cheapest verified ticket available via the club and Ticketmaster had jumped to $300.Įven the Philadelphia Union, set to host Miami on June 24, saw a “spike” in standing-room-only ticket sales for that game, according to a club spokeswoman.īut for the games that Messi will actually grace, the spike was even more pronounced, according to club spokespeople and ticket brokers. United, which hosts Miami on July 8 - and sold upward of 3,000 tickets on Wednesday alone, according to a club source, for a match in which Messi almost certainly won’t play. Nonetheless, the Messi Effect bubbled up at D.C. And only then will he play for Inter Miami, perhaps on July 21 against Cruz Azul, or perhaps as late as August. He’ll need some time to acclimate, and something of a mini-preseason after a mini-offseason. He’ll officially sign with Miami on or after July 5. He’ll reportedly vacation back home in Rosario, then in Europe. He is off to Asia soon for two mid-June friendlies with Argentina. Messi is at least a month away from debuting in MLS.
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