SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) 鈥� There were thousands of empty seats scattered throughout Levi’s Stadium during on Saturday at the .
On an unseasonably warm June afternoon by Bay Area standards, with the temperature at kickoff around 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius), many of those vacant seats were on the east side of the stadium that typically can get very hot for much of the year.
With the Swiss fans clad it bright red, they blended in with the empty red seats.
The attendance was listed at 67,966, which is close to the official capacity of 68,827 for World Cup games.
On Friday, during the World Cup match between in Guadalajara on fans who watched from the concourses.
For NFL games at Levi鈥檚 Stadium, crowds are often late arriving because of tailgating outside the venue in the heart of Silicon Valley, but it is not allowed for World Cup matches. That made for smooth entry Saturday as small lines formed outside several hours before kickoff.
Levi’s Stadium holds 68,500 for NFL games but can be expanded to more than 70,000 for soccer. drew 70,971 two years ago in a group match at Copa America.
The stadium in Santa Clara staged only four months ago.
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