Gotham FC sold 3,000 discounted tickets in 24 hours for Sunday’s NWSL playoff quarterfinal through the club’s latest collaboration with N.Y. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, including 1,000 in the first 10 minutes. The tickets for Sunday’s game against Seattle Reign FC at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, N.J., which normally would cost between $30 and $50, were offered exclusively to N.Y. residents for $12.
The team has previously worked on ticket-sales promotions with the Democratic Socialist mayor on several occasions this season. Most notably, Mamdani helped Gotham FC sell 4,000 tickets for July’s “Queens Classic” at Citi Field, which drew a sellout crowd of 42,175.
As part of his affordability agenda, Mamdani has also offered free or discounted tickets to the FIFA World Cup, U.S. Open, New York City Marathon grandstands, Broadway performances, the Metropolitan Opera and other events. The city does not receive a share of revenue from ticket sales.
Gotham FC, which averaged 10,943 fans per match during the regular season, is the top seed in the NWSL playoffs. After learning the kickoff time for its opening playoff game last Sunday, the club began a major ticket-sales push to pack its...