Montreal Impact: "Our priority is to recover and retain our fans" (Richard Legendre, executive VP)

"2015 is our fourth year in MLS, and our development is not linear, it is more like a roller coaster. We had started well in the league, from both a sporting and commercial point of view. Gradually, we have experienced difficulties and both sporting results and ticketing began to suffer," stated Richard Legendre, the executive vice-president of the Montreal Impact (CAN) -- the new club of Didier Drogba -- to News Tank Football on 24/08/2015. Richard Legendre is in charge of soccer operations and the Stade Saputo (20,801 seats) for the Montreal Impact.

"In terms of season ticket holders, we progressed from 8,000 in 2012 to 8,200 in 2013, and reached 8,400 in 2014. That figure was right around the league average. But the bad results in 2014 reduced the number of season ticket holders to 6,500 in 2015. This puts us a bit behind in MLS. The retention rate of our season ticket holders went from 81% for the 2014 season, to 61% for 2015. The priority for the Montreal Impact is to recover and retain our fans and season ticket holders," said Richard Legendre, the former director and…