Chelsea kicked her FIFA Club World Cup campaign in thousands of vacant seats in Atlanta against Los Angeles FC.
The game started at 3 pm local time on Monday at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The land can catch 75,000 spectators, but the entire top tier was closed for this match.
Sources told the BBC that FIFA was expecting a crowd of around 26,000, but it was not busy in kick-off.
A small middle level looked mostly filled, but a large bottom tier was more than half empty.
The cheapest ticket was about £ 37 before the kick-off. The tickets were still on sale for £ 26 during the game – many were available in almost every section.
Los Angeles is more than 2,000 miles from Atlanta across the southern United States.
His 1,500 ultras dominated the atmosphere.
The new extended Club World Cup is considered as a dress rehearsal for the International World Cup in the next summer, which will be held in USA, Canada and Mexico.
CWC is being played only in America.