Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:57 am  

The only people to blame for the paucity of this site/thread are the ModsAdmin - they have clearly made a decision that they do not wish to actively manage the site.So be it.The two in question have both been banned from other rl messageboards.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:13 am  

Right, putting aside the ego contest and getting back on topic...

Just bought two tickets for Cardiff, it was difficult to find two seats together in the Catagory 6 tickets. I still need to buy tickets for Wembley and Hull, waiting to hear confirmation from mates who have expressed an interest in attending the games, they are from Birmingham and Nottingham respectively.

To compare this World Cup to international RU shows a complete lack of understanding of the other code. Let's not get hung up about seats and just enjoy the competition.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:19 am  

I think people might be surprised by the crowd for Ireland v Australia. Having been to Limerick and spoken to the locals about RL, the place is sport mad. If a team wearing the Irish colours turns out in their town, they will be there to back them.

I don't know how much publicity the game has got out there, but with a little bit of effort in the coming days they could easily hit 5 figures. If the Aussies arrive early in Ireland and get about in the town, even better.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:20 am  

William Eve wrote:

Stop right there fella

You are a Huddersfield fan whose patronage of the game is entirely dependent upon the availability of heavily discounted season tickets costing £100 and in some cases as low as £50.

It is to be hoped the heavily discounted £5 or £7.50 seats you've purchased for the England V Ireland game in Huddersfield don't have a negative impact on your potential patronage of the game in the future.

William Eve wrote:

It doesn't because I quit attending SL games two seasons ago.

Oh dear.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:13 am  

For those who like counting seats,if you click on the ticket website for the game in Ireland it takes you do a different ticket supplier and you can see every seat that's sold,knock yer self out counting the black dots

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:18 am  

England v Australia - Cardiff, Wales Millenium Stadium 72,500-55,000
Wales v Italy - Cardiff, Wales

Papua New Guinea v France - Hull, England Craven Park 11,500-6500
New Zealand v Samoa - Warrington, England HJ Stadium 14,000-11000
Ireland v Fiji - Rochdale, England Spotland 10,000-8000
Scotland v Tonga - Workington, England Derwent Park 10,000-3000....HAVE NOW SOLD 6K...+ 3K ON GUESS
USA v Cook Islands - Bristol, England The Memorial Stadium 12,000-4000
France v New Zealand - Avignon, France Parc de sports 17,500-17500
England v Ireland - Huddersfield, England John Smith's stadium 24,500-23000....NOW SOLD OUT + 1500 ON GUESS
Australia v Fiji - St Helens, England Langtree Park 18,000-7700
Wales v USA - Wrexham, Wales GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY RACECOURSE STADIUM 10,500-8000
Scotland v Italy - Workington, England Derwent Park 10,000-3000...NOW SOLD 6K + 3K ON GUESS
Papua New Guinea v Samoa - Hull, England Craven Park 11,500-7000
Tonga v Cook Islands - Leigh, England Leigh Sports village 11,000-6000
Scotland v USA - Salford, England Salford City Stadium 12,000-4500
New Zealand v Papua New Guinea - Leeds, England Headingly 17,500-12000
England v Fiji - Hull, England KC stadium 25,400-17000
Ireland v Australia - Limerick, Ireland Thomond Park 26,500-4000
Wales v Cook Islands - Neath, Wales The Gnoll 5,000-5000
Italy v Tonga - Halifax, England The Shay 14,000-8000
France v Samoa - Perpignan, France Stade Gilbert Brutus 13,000-13000

1st Pool B v 1st Pool C - Leeds, England Headingly 17,500-12000
1st Pool A v 1st Pool D - Wrexham, Wales RACECOURSE STADIUM 10,500-7000
2nd Pool A v 3rd Pool B - Wigan, England DW Stadium 25,000-25000
2nd Pool B v 3rd Pool A - Warrington, England HJ Stadium 14,000-12000

Semi Final Double Header - Wembley Stadium, England 90,000-70000

World Cup Final - Old Trafford, England. 75,700-75700


SO THATS 7500 MORE THAN MY GUESS ....SO FAR

COME ON YER BEAN COUNTERS GET PICKING THE BONES OUT OF THAT

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:18 am  

Has anyone received their England V Ireland tickets yet?

We ordered ours months ago, and received them all of our tickets together about 4 or 5 weeks ago with the exception of the England V Ireland tickets. My brother ordered his last weekend and got them early this week!

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:28 am  

FlexWheeler wrote: I think the world cup is going to be a great success, despite what england may, or may not do in he tournament. I think we will better all our previous attendances, both overall and average from the last world cup in this country and I think it will make a decent profit. You can't ask for much more than that. What would you consider a decent profit? The rlwc2000 was considered a financial disaster overall, yet it still made a profit of £2 million on the back of the sale of TV broadcasting rights. The Lincoln Financial Group paying £1 million upfront as naming sponsor of the tournament also contributed. The poor attendances for the tournament as a whole (263,961) probably contributed to the disaster it turned out to be. Bearing in mind lots of tickets for the rlwc2013 have been sold at half price, there is no naming sponsor paying £1 million into the pot this time around, and Premier Sports can hardly be considered to have paid top dollar for their broadcasting rights, what attendances does the tournament need to achieve in order to make a decent profit and be considered a roaring success?

FlexWheeler wrote: I think the world cup is going to be a great success, despite what england may, or may not do in he tournament. I think we will better all our previous attendances, both overall and average from the last world cup in this country and I think it will make a decent profit. You can't ask for much more than that. What would you consider a decent profit? The rlwc2000 was considered a financial disaster overall, yet it still made a profit of £2 million on the back of the sale of TV broadcasting rights. The Lincoln Financial Group paying £1 million upfront as naming sponsor of the tournament also contributed. The poor attendances for the tournament as a whole (263,961) probably contributed to the disaster it turned out to be. Bearing in mind lots of tickets for the rlwc2013 have been sold at half price, there is no naming sponsor paying £1 million into the pot this time around, and Premier Sports can hardly be considered to have paid top dollar for their broadcasting rights, what attendances does the tournament need to achieve in order to make a decent profit and be considered a roaring success?

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:28 am  

Katrina wrote:

Has anyone received their England V Ireland tickets yet?

We ordered ours months ago, and received them all of our tickets together about 4 or 5 weeks ago with the exception of the England V Ireland tickets. My brother ordered his last weekend and got them early this week!

Nope but they posted a message on the RLWC 13 website stating there had been an issue. It has now been rectified and tickets are on the way. If you haven't had them the week of the game, ring them and I am sure they'll sort out collection at the ground. I had an issue with Challenge Cup Final tickets; rang them two days before the match and they organised a pick up at the ticket office.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:36 am  

Like someone mentioned inbetween all the rants from the usual suspects,I am gobsmacked we sold out a game verus Ireland live on national tv

Been a while since we even sold out v austrailia at the same venues

This time next week the talking stops

Imagine if we beat the aussies in wales???? what would that do for ticket sales!!

Really looking forward to this comp