Packed House Of 61,299 Fans At Allegiant Stadium Watches World Soccer Powers Barcelona, Real Madrid In Las Vegas Saturday

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 Story by Alan Snel   Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

A massive crowd of 61,299 packed Allegiant Stadium for a monster international soccer game between world futbol powers Real Madrid and FC Barcelona Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Officially speaking, Barcelona took the friendly match, 1-0, over Real Madrid.

One of the night’s significant features was that this soccer match generated one of the largest gates of ticket sales for an event at Allegiant Stadium.

Los Angeles-based Anschutz Entertainment Group brought the high-profile soccer match to Allegiant Stadium, along with Saturday’s friendly, as part of a five-game tour of international brand-name soccer teams playing over an eight-day period in late July.

Saturday’s game brought together powerful rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid, two of the best-known soccer teams in the world for the preseason match that was part of AEG’s inaugural Soccer Champions Tour.

And fans responded with massive ticket sales.