In just its first MLS home game, Charlotte FC is set to make league history.
The new MLS franchise is expected to break the MLS all-time attendance record after having already sold 73,500 tickets for Saturday’s home debut against LA Galaxy. Both the regular-season record (72,548) and postseason record (73,019) is currently held by Atlanta United, but Charlotte is set to eclipse both.
Charlotte will play its home games this season at the 74,867-capacity Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers.
“Our target of eclipsing 74,000 (tickets) hasn’t changed,” Charlotte FC president Nick Kelly told the The Charlotte Observer.