MLS franchise scaling fan engagement and ticketing with unified analytics
Orlando City SC operates a mid-market sports organization with a 51–200 person team focused on ticket sales, fan retention, and game-day experience. The tech stack—Salesforce, NetSuite, SAP, and SQL—reflects a business-operations foundation, but their active project list signals a strategic pivot: they're consolidating fragmented data sources and building unified analytics infrastructure (centralized BI platform, automated ETL, consolidated data layers) to fuel performance marketing and season ticket growth. This data-engineering effort against a backdrop of consolidation pain points suggests they're moving from siloed reporting to integrated fan analytics.
Notable leadership hires: Goalkeeper Lead
Orlando City SC is the Major League Soccer franchise serving the Southeast, having joined MLS as the league's 21st team in 2013 and beginning play in 2015. The club owns a private downtown stadium opened in 2017 and operates a full development pipeline that includes OCB, an MLS NEXT Pro reserve team launched in 2022. Operations span ticket sales, sponsorship partnerships, digital marketing, content production, and player/team performance tracking. The organization's immediate priorities center on expanding the fanbase, increasing ticket revenue, and enhancing the matchday experience for both casual and season-ticket members.
Primary tools include Salesforce (CRM), NetSuite and SAP (financial systems), Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, SQL, Adobe Creative Cloud, and OBS Studio / Vmix for live production. No recent tech adoptions or replacements are in motion.
Near-term focus: integrated marketing for ticket sales, performance marketing automation, fan experience design, and unified analytics infrastructure (BI platform, ETL, data consolidation) to unify player performance, attendance, and financial reporting systems.
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