MLS expansion club Atlanta United FC President Darren Eales on Friday said that the club has "surpassed 22,000 season ticket sales" for its inaugural '17 campaign, according to Doug Roberson of the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION. The total, which can "grow because there is still six more months before the team plays its first game, is believed to be the most season tickets sold by an expansion club in MLS history." The total reportedly "surpasses the undisclosed season-ticket packages sold" by the Sounders in their '09 expansion year, when they averaged crowds of 30,897 per game. Atlanta United's total is "based exclusively on full season-ticket [packages] and doesn't include suite sales." Eales said that the total also places Atlanta United "second only to the Sounders in season-ticket sales for any MLS club." Atlanta United season tickets are "available for purchase only by the approximately 11,000 members of the team's Founders' Club, which is still accepting members." Eales said that members who have "bought season tickets have averaged 2.6 tickets." Before the sales conversion process started earlier this year, club Owner Arthur Blank and Eales said that more than 30,000 tickets "had been pledged to be purchased." Roberson noted ticket prices "range from $25-$225 per game." Eales said that eight of the 10 lower club levels have "sold out and that more than 3,000 tickets have been purchased in the supporters section behind one of the goals." There are "approximately 5,500 seats in the supporters section." Eales said that the club is "going to expand the general admission seating" (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 8/20).
