Maximum Capacity at Qwest Field?

If any of you are wondering whether the upper level at Qwest will be opened for the Chelsea and Barcelona friendlies against Sounders FC this summer, MLS.net holds the likely answer: yes.

Back in 2006, the first year Barcelona FC came to play a US tour (they came back in 2007 and 2008 too), they had the highest average attendance for any club tour in U.S. history: 80,734 fans on average in three matches.

That included three sold-out crowds: at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (vs. CD Guadalajara, 1-1 on Aug. 6 in front of 92,650), at Houston's Reliant Stadium (vs. Club America, 3-3 on Aug. 9, with a crowd of 70,550), and at Giants Stadium in E. Rutherford, NJ (vs. NY Red Bulls, 4-1 on Aug. 12, in front of 79,002).

Let's max out Qwest Field at 72K and bring the crowd that these matches deserve.