Atlanta United Tops 1 Million Fans in 2018 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO

Tuesday, November 13th, 2018

With 70,526 fans in attendance at the Audi MLS Cup Playoff match Sunday against NYCFC, Atlanta United has surpassed the one million mark with 1,012,571 fans attending home matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this season. In addition to the playoff match, the attendance mark includes all home Regular Season matches as well as the U.S. Open Cup match against Chicago Fire held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Sunday’s crowd was also the largest in MLS Cup playoff history. Atlanta previously held the record of 67,221 against Columbus Crew SC set in the club’s final match of 2017.

Atlanta also holds the record for the largest crowd at a U.S. Open Cup match (41,012) in addition to the top seven most-attended MLS Regular Season matches.