With the trip across the Atlantic underway, today Chelsea Football Club announces that Vivid Seats, a leading marketplace that utilizes its technology platform to connect millions of buyers with thousands of ticket sellers across hundreds of thousands of events each year, has signed on as our official USA pre-season tour partner.

Chelsea are spending the summer on tour, travelling across America for a series of games during our 2023 pre-season. Throughout the US tour, Chelsea supporters will find Vivid Seats branding on digital platforms and in stadiums at the upcoming matches.

For the first time in the Blues’ history, Chelsea are bringing our award-winning Club Chelsea hospitality overseas, offering a limited number of premium VIP packages across all the matchday locations. As part of the USA pre-season tour partnership, Vivid Seats Rewards members will have the opportunity to experience these premium packages, as well as additional perks like access to exclusive open training sessions.

Chelsea FC head of global partnerships John Rogers said: ‘We are pleased to join with a company committed to becoming the ultimate partner for connecting fans to the live events, teams and artists they love.’ 

‘We are thrilled to partner with Chelsea on their first-ever Premier League pre-season tournament in the USA,’ said Geoff Lester, chief commercial officer at Vivid Seats. ‘As we continue to witness the rise of soccer fandom across America, we look forward to expanding our brand awareness among this growing audience, while strengthening our engagement efforts through our industry leading loyalty program.’

The Blues' tour of the USA will begin against Wrexham on Wednesday 19 July at Kenan Stadium in North Carolina.

Chelsea’s participation in the first-ever Premier League pre-season tournament in the USA will start at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday 22 July against Brighton, followed by a game against Newcastle United at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Wednesday 26 July, before bringing the competition to FedEx Field in Landover where we face Fulham in a London derby on Sunday 30 July.

The fifth and final game of Chelsea’s pre-season tour will take place on Wednesday 2 August, with the Blues taking on Borussia Dortmund at Soldier Field in Vivid Seats’ hometown of Chicago, Illinois.

Vivid Seats provides exceptional value through their loyalty program, Vivid Seats Rewards. By allowing fans to earn loyalty points on every purchase that they can redeem for ticket credits, the program provides fans with the opportunity to attend more of their favorite events and most importantly make lifetime memories while doing so. In addition to ticket savings, Vivid Seats Rewards includes fan benefits ranging from surprise upgrades to exclusive game-day experiences.