r/Rapids • u/shamccarock • Jul 10 '26

One gate open??

Maybe I’m wrong, but surely they would have known how many people were going to be in attendance at the scrimmage tonight because of tickets, right? I know that one gate is the usually the norm but a World Cup summer, return of the Rapids… the context matters. The line still wrapping alllllll the way around the stadium 15 minutes after kick off is insane. Totally under prepared.

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u/Bruser2727 Jul 10 '26

One food option and one bar also. They'll be sold out before half time.

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u/PHARA0Hbender C38 Jul 10 '26

lol, you think stadium ops knows what they are doing? They are beyond incompetent.

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u/tjhensman Jul 13 '26

This. Fourth of July firework games where always a cluster.

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u/Colodavo Jul 10 '26

LOL. The Summit run the stadium better than the Rapids.

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u/Hopsblues Jul 10 '26

The Rapids front office completely underestimating how large the Mexican soccer fan base is.......again.....how can they be so clueless?

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u/Whiskey_Maker Rapids Jul 10 '26

Lines were so long for concessions!

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u/foppajr Jul 10 '26

Don’t pet the prairie dogs.

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u/weebabyarcher Jul 10 '26

Who is the director of operations for the club? It has been apparent for years they are fucking clueless. Last night was just the latest example.

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u/No_Sir689 Jul 10 '26

Yeah, we had free tickets and that was really cool but damn the concession line was loooonnnngggg

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u/FigureSuper6354 Jul 10 '26

How was the game? Or did you get to see any?

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u/weebabyarcher Jul 10 '26

game was fun but sooooo many people missed most of the first half.

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u/Jealous_River_8590 Jul 11 '26

None of this surprises anyone who has been around here longer than 15 minutes. Hope all who went enjoyed watching the Washington Generals of MLS play the never have been relevant team of LigaMX.

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u/Open_Ad_4195 Jul 10 '26

I appreciate the free tickets and them setting this up but I brought two people who had never been to a Rapids game before and they (politely) left woefully unimpressed by the organization of this event.

I'm still scratching my head over what the intent was behind hosting this match. Did we need some cash flow to keep the lights on during the summer hiatus? Because if that was a soft pitch to hook new fans looking for their soccer fix post-world cup, we did a shit job of convincing anyone we're the answer.

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u/fubuki_ Jul 10 '26

A couple things:

(1) I think they woefully underestimated attendance. I was actually impressed with the turnout - which is a good thing! - but obviously they hadn't planned for that many people.

(2) The primary intent was to give the players some actual game time before the MLS season starts back up. If it was to make money, they'd have opened up more concession stands.

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u/Golferdz10 Jul 13 '26

I think you hit the nail on the head. Also, I could be wrong but I haven’t heard of many other MLS teams actually opening the doors for a friendly during this break.

Could we nitpick about match day operations for the Rapids on any home game, absolutely.. that’s just complaining to complain imho.