Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:39 pm  

maurice wrote:

Firstly congratulations for creating another RL stadium.
I have noticed this view being repeated by yourself, imo a derby is made by the banter inside and outside the ground - surely you will have an away end that the Humbles and Wire will fill, if you restrict them then I would reciprocate the favour if I were them.
RL will have made it when the fairweather fans can't get a ticket for Big games at all, when its season ticket or nowt income will be virtually guaranteed for the year, making it far easier to budget and plan.
All the best on Friday from a Leyther.

With the way things are going at Saints, I can't see the club offering Wigan-Wire anymore than 20% of ground capacity, that would still leave plenty of banter with 3300+ away fans. If Wigan offer the same percentage at the DW stadium the Saints allocation would be 5000, which is probably no difference from past seasons. Similarly on Wire, Saints allocation could just be under 3000.
Think the message will get out to all RL fans if you want to watch a game of Rugby League at Langy Park, make sure you book your ticket well in advance. The club want to make the ground into a "fortress", it may well feel that way for away fans when they find themselves engulfed with saints supporters.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:24 am  

It is easier to control people actually going back into the areana in the south corners, because you have to enter via one of the tunnels, this is easy for the stewards, where as the open ends of the north allow to much flow into the areana, thus being harder to control. Its all new at the moment paople have not got used to where they feel comfy, like they were at kr, I know I stood in the same spot for years and if someone came talking they would always go back to their pefared spec before the kickoff. i think once the situation calms down and we have the capacity back up they will probably get left open

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:25 am  

Got my ticket from Salford and now looking forward to being one of the 200 or so Salford fans that will visit Langtree Park for the first time

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:32 pm  

Does anyone know how many we've sold now? We had the usual marketing/PR smear last week about how 13,000 had gone. Are we going to sell out? I notice on the ticketing site you can buy tickets everywhere but the West Stand terrace.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:03 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Does anyone know how many we've sold now? We had the usual marketing/PR smear last week about how 13,000 had gone. Are we going to sell out? I notice on the ticketing site you can buy tickets everywhere but the West Stand terrace.

All allocated seating went a while ago,dont know why they still have those up.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:47 pm  

I believe there is only the East stand left now and a small proportion of unallocated seating.

Re: Sold too many tickets??? : Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:39 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Does anyone know how many we've sold now? We had the usual marketing/PR smear last week about how 13,000 had gone. Are we going to sell out? I notice on the ticketing site you can buy tickets everywhere but the West Stand terrace.

See below from Monday:

saint as wire wrote: Was in the shop/ticket office earlier today and they were only selling East stand tickets. No seats and no standing in the West Stand.

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I think we are looking at 16,000+ personally