During his first time coming to Canada to play, Messi caused ticket prices for Inter Miami’s match against CF Montreal Club at Saputo Stadium, taking place at 6:30 a.m. on May 12 in the MLS tournament, to increase rapidly and become the most expensive in the past 15 years.
“According to the online ticket sales site Vivid Seats , ticket prices for the Inter Miami match against CF Montreal Club are currently up to 465 USD/ticket (more than 11.8 million VND), which is the average ticket price. The lowest ticket price is also up to 246 USD/ticket. USD (more than 6.2 million VND). This is a record increase in ticket price of 1,268%, compared to the average price of only 34 USD (about 865,000 VND) when the two teams met in February 2023, when Messi had not yet joined. Join the MLS tournament “, the Miami Herald (USA) said on May 10.
Messi (right) just set a record of making 5 assists and scoring 1 goal in Inter Miami’s 6-2 win over New York Red Bulls
Inter Miami Club
“Ticket prices for Inter Miami’s match against CF Montreal Club are also among the matches with the highest ticket prices in MLS history since 2009, and ranked 7th in the list of matches with the most expensive ticket prices. The presence of the list Player Messi and teammate Suarez are causing a storm in the 2024 MLS tournament, with consecutive scoring and assist records that have truly conquered viewers.
Therefore, this famous player’s upcoming match with Inter Miami Club, the first time he comes to Canada to play, continues to see not only ticket prices skyrocket, but match tickets with a capacity of Saputo Stadium of about 20,000 people have been sold. sold out a week ago,” the Miami Herald shared.
Messi and Suarez are leading the list of top scorers in MLS 2024 with each scoring 10 goals. In total, after 11 matches, this pair of famous strikers has scored 24 goals and had 18 assists for Inter Miami to date. In particular, Messi scored 12 goals and 11 assists, and Suarez scored 12 goals and 7 assists.
Inter Miami is in the top 3 billion-dollar clubs in MLS and in the top 20 globally
According to Sportico (USA) statistics, Inter Miami Club, whose value is estimated at up to 1.02 billion USD, is currently ranked 3rd in the MLS tournament in the list of most valuable teams. David Beckham’s team as president and co-owner is only behind two clubs, Los Angeles FC (1.15 billion USD) and Atlanta United (1.05 billion USD).
“Before Messi arrived at Inter Miami (July 2023), from the beginning of the year this team was only valued at 585 million USD. But in just under a year this value has doubled. Showing the immense impact. Messi’s great success with Inter Miami and American football, right after winning the 2022 World Cup,” AS newspaper (Spain) expressed.
On the list of the 20 most valuable clubs in the world, Inter Miami ranked 18th and 3rd in MLS
Sportico
Meanwhile, with an estimated value of 1.02 billion USD, Inter Miami ranks 18th in the list of the 20 most valuable clubs in the world. MU club in the English Premier League ranked first with a value of 6.2 billion USD, ranked above serious rivals in La Liga (Spain), Real Madrid (6.06 billion USD) ranked 2nd and Barcelona (ranked 2nd). 5.28 billion USD) ranked 3rd.
“According to analysis by Sportico , the value of MLS clubs is continuing to increase, thanks to the attraction of famous players like Messi and in the near future there will be more top players coming to compete. Thereby, there will be also increased commercial partners with bigger brands, such as the names that recently joined Apple and VISA,” AS shared.
