The addition of David Beckham has a remarkable effect on ticket sales in Major League Soccer, even in Canada where tickets to the Toronto FC are quickly disappearing. According to the official website of Toronto FC, the 1036 season seats sold out within 24 hours after the announcement that David Beckham will join LA Galaxy in mid-season, the total increase in sales of season tickets in 8000. Club sale of season tickets exceed 14,000 (with annual sales in five months) to promote the march on Thursday sales days.
Toronto FC joined as the 13th MLS team and the first outside the United States. The construction of the new stadium BMO Field, located near the city of Toronto at Exhibition Place, and 20,000 (seated) spectators in the stands to the east, west and south.
According to the Washington Post, MLS teams with 15,504 tickets sold per game last season. With a total of 80 games so far this season, the current average is now 15,151 pre-Beckham and MLS Zone. DC United has already sold nearly 30,000 tickets in the form of season tickets, plans and group tickets and await orders to fill all seats at RFK Stadium when the Galaxy come to town on August 9, as cited by the Executive Vice President United, Stephen Zack. On the west coast of the LA Galaxy sold 5000 season tickets priced from $ 380 to $ 880 each in just two days after the signing of Beckham, as reported by The Sports Economist.
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