Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:21 pm  

nohalfbacks wrote:

21486 is the current total (assuming Wire sell their North stand allocation which is a fair assumption). Good weather today and building anticipation of a big game should see further sales right up to kick-off. This is heading for >22k easily, and possibly >23k. People are buying tickets as I post. For the first ever I have encountered a slow response to the Wigan online ticketing system which states that the response is slow due to the number of people using it and hence puts you in a queue.

This should be a great game whatever the result and with a big and vocal crowd all seen on Sky this should be a certain winner for RL. Bring it on!

According to the Wire site its over 20k sold and we have very few left in the North but we have tickets for East as well.

Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:22 pm  

Odemwingie wrote:

22,701.

Pushing it to beat that.

Think my ticket was only a tenner for that, still great crowd without offers etc.

Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:24 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

Think my ticket was only a tenner for that, still great crowd without offers etc.

The first thousand tickets in each stand were all a tenner, so they gave the same offer to the away fans which is only fair IMO.

We could be looking at 4 maybe even 5 20k + crowds this season! Would be astonishing and unheard of in RL in Europe.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:27 pm  

Odemwingie wrote:

22,701.

Pushing it to beat that.

Wire are bringing more fans but that marketing campaign is more directed at the home fans so the Wigan ends were pretty full.

This proves why perhaps the wire game shouldn't be chosen as the big one. This is the third 20k plus crowd since 2007. If both teams are playing well it draws a big crowd.

and yet, according to a contingent on here, its only wire fans who see this as a big game.

Wigan ticket sales would suggest otherwise.......

Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:28 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

and yet, according to a contingent on here, its only wire fans who see this as a big game.

Wigan ticket sales would suggest otherwise.......

Only here cos it's Wigan.

Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:33 pm  

Wire have had a bit of a rush on by the sounds of it and have now got to a pretty decent figure, albeit not quite selling out the North (yet).

Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:34 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

and yet, according to a contingent on here, its only wire fans who see this as a big game.

Wigan ticket sales would suggest otherwise.......

You're only coming to see the champions

I have never pretended it isn't a big game, only joked aboout it. It is a local derby which has come into it's own over the last few years and it will only get bigger, it is very healthy for both clubs. Lets be honest the game later in the year at the HJ is sure to sell-out, I personally will be rushing to get tickets so I don't miss out.

As it stands though there is over 16k home fans bought tickets. This happens for quite a few games. Don't go thinking you are all special all of a sudden

I can't wait for this though, no matter how important a game against Quins, Wakey or Catalans might be at home, I just can't get up for them as much. The great away support from wire makes for a big game which we don't see every week.

Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:35 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Wire have had a bit of a rush on by the sounds of it and have now got to a pretty decent figure, albeit not quite selling out the North (yet).

So have we gone from 3800 yesterday to 5million today?

Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:36 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

and yet, according to a contingent on here, its only wire fans who see this as a big game.

Wigan ticket sales would suggest otherwise.......

It's mainly the away support that's boosting the total (and well done to your lot for that!). We had about 14k home fans for the Hull game, there will only be about 2 or 3k more for tonight, with a guesstimate of 6k Wire fans in the North & East combined.

Re: Ticket sales for friday : Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:38 pm  

Owdpopularsider wrote:

So have we gone from 3800 yesterday to 5million today?

Only about 4 million with it being on telly.