SALT LAKE CITY - Real Salt Lake's inaugural home game against the Colorado Rapids on April 16 concluded with a 1-0 win on the field and an outpour of support from the Utah community. RSL, in conjunction with TUFF SHED have united its efforts in providing a building that meets the needs of fans attending soccer games at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah.
"TUFF SHED provided a temporary building that definitely enhanced our ability to service our fans," said RSL General Manager Steve Pastorino. "They are a great group of people to work with and their turnaround time allowed Real Salt Lake to meet the needs of our fan base."</p>
In an announcement on April 27, RSL officials stated that the stadium will open additional ticket windows, add ticket sellers, put more ticket printers and credit card machines on-line and open up additional will call windows to provide quicker, more convenient service to fans.</p>
As part of RSL's efforts to improve its service to its fans, TUFF SHED built a shed, customized to meet the specific needs of RSL, in a one week turnaround. With the addition of the shed, Real has been able to efficiently serve the 20,901 average fans who have attended its games this season. The facility also provided an outlet for U.S. Soccer to distribute tickets to the 40,589 fans who enjoyed the U.S.-Costa Rica and RSL-FC Dallas doubleheader at Rice-Eccles Stadium on June 4.</p>
"This is another great example of the many different uses of our buildings," said TUFF SHED Director of Marketing Phil Worth. "As a company that is dedicated to providing storage and other building solutions to our customers, we're pleased that the TUFF SHED ticket booth will help solve the problem of long ticket lines at soccer games."</p>
