Ticketek sells out of AFL members tickets for Friday night’s preliminary final between Tigers, Pies
AFL members tickets for the Richmond and Collingwood preliminary final have sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale, but there’s still a way you can get into the game.
AFL members tickets for the Richmond and Collingwood preliminary final have sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale.
Thousands of AFL fans tried their luck buying finals tickets through Ticketek from 9am this morning.
Ticketek confirmed all tickets to the AFL Reserve had been exhausted by 9.30am.
“No further tickets will be released for sale. Only members with a Ticketek issued ticket will have entry into the venue,” Ticketek tweeted.
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Richmond and Collingwood members snapped up 40,000 tickets in less than two hours to exhaust the ticket allocation for the epic preliminary final showdown yesterday.
The sellout comes as tickets to the match begin to crop up on eBay at inflated prices.
Last week the state government threatened to take action against illegal ticket sellers who cashed in on demand for the Richmond-Hawthorn blockbuster after tickets were offered for more than five times face value on eBay.
But this morning sellers were advertising tickets for the Richmond-Collingwood preminary final for as much as $1000 each for category 1 tickets (which cost $187 each).
MCC reserved seats and guest passes sold out inside 30 minutes of going on sale.
The remaining 13,000 seats and standing room will be available to Full and Restricted members on a walk-up basis on Friday, with gates opening at 5pm.
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Tickets to the Tigers and Pie clash have emerged on eBay as scalpers try and make a profit.
One scalper tried to offsell two level 1 tickets, on the wing, for $2000.
The seller said they were accepting offers.
Another listed one preliminary final ticket for $128 last night at 9pm. It now has an asking price for $455.
Two finals tickets now have an asking price of $1525, after being listed last night for $1400.
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Thousands were met with a Ticketek error message on Monday.
The angry-looking robot was just one of the grievances fans have faced, as almost 180,000 club members scrambled for the 40,000 tickets.
Melbourne and West Coast Eagles fans were also greeted with error messages as they tried to snap up tickets for the Saturday afternoon match in Perth.
In Melbourne, dedicated fans who braved two cold nights outside Ticketek were rewarded with physical tickets just after 9am.
As fans lined up outside ticketing outlets in scenes reminiscent of 1980s-era footy, the unprecedented ticket demand has led to calls for the AFL to restructure its allocations.
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Diehard fan Maureen Kelly, 54, was one of the first people to get AFL finals tickets, after camping outside Ticketek since Saturday.
Ms Kelly started lining up at 10.30pm, after watching the Pies and GWS clash at the MCG.
“We came straight here from the game. Saturday night was much colder than last night and we managed to get a couple of hours’ sleep,” she said.
“We never try to buy them online because it always crashes!”
She’s been a Tigers supporter her whole life.
Long-time Collingwood supporter Leigh McCulloch has been in line since 6:30am Sunday morning — and he’s not letting the Tigers fans get in his head.
“I’ve been with them since yesterday so we get along. They don’t smell too bad,” he joked.
The 59-year-old from Sunshine said it was worth spending the night in the cold.
“We’re worried the internet is going to crash.”
Originally published as Ticketek sells out of AFL members tickets for Friday night’s preliminary final between Tigers, Pies
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