New Mexico United adapts to changing venue, plans for new stadium

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tuesday evening, New Mexico United shall be taking part in their first-ever league recreation at UNM’s soccer stadium. Enjoying at UNM’s a lot smaller stadium shall be a special expertise for the followers—the place some may find yourself standing.

New Mexico United was speculated to be taking part in this recreation Saturday evening. It was postponed as a result of the opposing group—Phoenix Rising—had COVID-19 points. With the Isotopes again on the town, the United needed to transfer throughout the road.

“The very first thing that occurs is all of us really feel an actual sense of disappointment. There’s 13,000 those who had been gonna come Saturday and it was gonna be one of many top-attended video games of the league this 12 months, one of many fiercest rivalries,” says Peter Trevisani, proprietor of New Mexico United.

He says they anticipate round 5,500 followers to come back to Tuesday evening’s recreation. They’re even promoting standing-room-only tickets to accommodate extra individuals.

Although they’ve performed open cup and preseason video games at UNM up to now, that is the primary time they’ve needed to shift a regular-season recreation to this venue and Trevisani says it takes a whole lot of logistics. “Clearly, financially, it’s a catastrophe. However, that’s okay. We now have a 100-year plan. We all know there’s gonna be hiccups. We had 2020—we performed each recreation in a row. We didn’t promote a single ticket,” Trevisani says.

He says the venue change is a superb instance of the necessity for the group to have its own residence. “Again in November, there was a vote that didn’t say no to a stadium, it simply stated no to that funding mechanism for a stadium being led by the town. We heard what the individuals stated, we’ve been engaged on it actually onerous–I feel within the subsequent month or two we’re gonna make some thrilling bulletins,” Trevisani says. “I feel what we see—and tonight’s an ideal instance—is our metropolis’s rising. We’d like extra services. That’s an ideal factor. And we’re gonna lead it privately and I’m not stopping until we make it occur. So it’s a life mission at this level.”

They’re providing disenchanted followers trade-in and credit score choices for Saturday’s rescheduled recreation. The group says UNM has been instrumental in getting this soccer stadium prepared and staffed in a 72-hour timeframe, and so they really feel fortunate they had been capable of make this work.

Trevisani says they are going to be providing the standard concessions advert merchandise, however cautioned the strains could also be lengthy because of the stadium’s assets. “Let’s perceive that UNM has put this collectively on brief discover. They’re gonna do the whole lot they’ll. However the concession strains could also be actually lengthy. You could not get the right seat. So if you wish to get a seat, get right here early. And simply be affected person, perceive that is the very best we may do in brief discover,” Trevisani says.