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Dynamo's sales staff gives about 25
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Three months before the MLS Dynamo hold their first event at BBVA Compass Stadium May 10 and officially open it May 12, the stadium "is almost complete," according to Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. The team’s sales staff "gives about 25 tours a week to prospective clients," and Dynamo President Chris Canetti “gives at least one tour a day" to media. Canetti said, "This place sells itself. So getting people in the building, letting them stand exactly where their seats are going to be, and showing them around is a great selling point." He added, "You can see what is going to be the final version of almost everything. You can walk into a suite. You can walk into a locker room.” Workers began “installing the pitch's sod Wednesday,” and that job “should be complete by the weekend.” The “orange seats have been installed through most of the southwest corner of the upper bowl.” Season-ticket sales “are at an all-time high for the franchise.” Current season-ticket holders have been offered “an exclusive window to purchase up to 20 extra tickets for the opener until next Wednesday.” The Dynamo “could top 10,000 season tickets for the first time.” Canetti said, “We're 90 percent to our goal. We're 80 percent up on where we ended last year. Right now, we would be in the top five in the league in season-ticket total” (
HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 2/10).
