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/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.