Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:41 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

That's an average of 12,857 as it stands then if that figure is correct.

Gonna need circa 480 to beat the average of the so called 95 golden halycon days. Another 120 to sell. Even if england got a win in the first game i'm not sure that would be possible.

If 360k is accurate we may not finish a million miles off. We'll shift more before kick off for the big games plus sales during the tournament. The smaller games will have walk ups plus future sales and the big wins could be the quarter finals. Until people know who's playing who and where sales won't crank up. I'd guess the sales at the DW aren't spectacular yet but if England end up in that one I'm pretty sure it'll be a full house.

If 360k if correct though I think things already look pretty successful.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:51 pm  

17,707
* 28 games = 495796 total attendance.

Now tell me you are not setting the bar a little high. Even if tickets where given away at half price for every single seat. You would be needing to double the attendance near enough of 1995.

It's pretty safe bet to make that the total attendance will not top half a million. If it did you would still rustle up a twist on it. More games, more people and lets hope more profits and more exposure will be a good result for everyone bar William Eve.

I can live with a little bit of useless negativity from william compared to the massive positivity from the rest of the media.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:59 pm  

Got my tickets booked for the opening ceremony. Not booked for Wembley yet but I'm hoping to take 5 or 6 southerners with me. My boss who usually goes to the RU events told me she was going the other day as well, which is encouraging. Hopefully if they have matches at Wembley more frequently, for Four Nations etc. these people will carry on going

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:04 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

17,707
* 28 games = 495796 total attendance.

Now tell me you are not setting the bar a little high. Even if tickets where given away at half price for every single seat. You would be needing to double the attendance near enough of 1995.

It's pretty safe bet to make that the total attendance will not top half a million. If it did you would still rustle up a twist on it. More games, more people and lets hope more profits and more exposure will be a good result for everyone bar William Eve.

I can live with a little bit of useless negativity from william compared to the massive positivity from the rest of the media.

We could get a million total attendance and william would still find a new angle on it, or a way to somehow miraculously twist the stats to fit his agenda.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:21 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

17,707
* 28 games = 495796 total attendance.

Now tell me you are not setting the bar a little high. Even if tickets where given away at half price for every single seat. You would be needing to double the attendance near enough of 1995.

It's pretty safe bet to make that the total attendance will not top half a million. If it did you would still rustle up a twist on it. More games, more people and lets hope more profits and more exposure will be a good result for everyone bar William Eve.

I can live with a little bit of useless negativity from william compared to the massive positivity from the rest of the media.

It's completely flawed logic anyway as someone has mentioned. You can't average it out per game and compare 15 games to 28 when the only thing increasing is the number of smaller games (semis & final remaining constant). He's only using that unfair method as it backs up his agenda on here.

Back in 1995, the final & semis represented 20% of games, here it's just 9%. You have to average the group games & compare em, then compare just the semis vs the semis, final vs final etc. That's if you want a fair comparison. You gets me ?

It's already looking better than I had imagined it would. Happy days, leave William to it and hope he one day finally finds a girlfriend.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:43 pm  

Lets not forget the RLWC organisers are targeting this figure. So they may yet reach it.

It would be quite something to be able to publish near double the tickets sales of previous and also beat the average. It's possible but certainly a tough target.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:49 pm  

Guybrush wrote:

Got my tickets booked for the opening ceremony. Not booked for Wembley yet but I'm hoping to take 5 or 6 southerners with me. My boss who usually goes to the RU events told me she was going the other day as well, which is encouraging. Hopefully if they have matches at Wembley more frequently, for Four Nations etc. these people will carry on going

I think we should certainly be keeping games at Wembley in future as well as other big stadiums. I think we've downsized for too long and it's hit the international game. It served it's purpose for a couple of years after the last world cup here but it's started to make us look small time and we need to start thinking big again.

I'd love a day billed as a rugby league festival at Wembley with England, Oz, NZ and another team involved in four nations games after watching the Knights play and the academies. Get the junior kangaroos over and the junior Kiwi's and let our youngsters and the welsh or French have a crack at them.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:51 pm  

There are sold out areas at Old Trafford that are still available via ManUtd.com. A bit misleading to suggest they are.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:53 pm  

If it works then it works. Even if it's another double header, then it's still 45k per match if you can sell it out?

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:09 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I think we should certainly be keeping games at Wembley in future as well as other big stadiums. I think we've downsized for too long and it's hit the international game. It served it's purpose for a couple of years after the last world cup here but it's started to make us look small time and we need to start thinking big again.

I'd love a day billed as a rugby league festival at Wembley with England, Oz, NZ and another team involved in four nations games after watching the Knights play and the academies. Get the junior kangaroos over and the junior Kiwi's and let our youngsters and the welsh or French have a crack at them.

I agree. As I was getting my hair cut this morning the barber said it is a disgrace that we are playing at Cardiff and Wembley, England should be playing at the Reebok. International football needs to be played in stadiums built for that purpose.

I am really getting excited now and plan to buy further tickets for Cardiff, Wembley, Huddersfield and Hull.