Utah Royals FC midfielder Katie Bowen’s ears perked up when she heard her team mentioned in the Real Salt Lake team store.
Bowen couldn’t have been there for more than 20 minutes, waiting to put in orders for her family, but in that time span she counted four separate customers buying Royals gear.
So she wasn’t particularly surprised when she heard that they had sold out the stadium for their home opener Saturday. It was something Dell Loy Hansen had promised since procuring the team in November. As of Friday morning, RSL had sold about 18,500 tickets and only club seats and standing room only tickets remained available.