Brand-new USL team New Mexico United has added to a rapidly growing problem in the league: they draw terrific numbers and they’re just too good.
The New Mexico United front office has been forced into enacting immediate measures to try to get fans to their seats by kickoff. They’re drawing sellout crowds of over 12,000 to each match at their initial venue of Albuquerque Isotopes Park, the most in the Western Conference. Management has started opening the doors 90 minutes before kickoff instead of an hour, and they’re open to running the time even further ahead,
That will help the problem, but it won’t solve it.