Usain Bolt: Central Coast Mariners tickets on sale for first game
TICKETS are running out the door for what is expected to be Usain Bolt’s first game for the Mariners. Here’s how much the tickets cost, how you can get them, and how much Bolt you’ll get for your buck.
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THERE is just a week left for Coasties to secure their seat to see Usain Bolt playing for the Central Coast Mariners when they meet a Central Coast Football select side on August 31.
And for $30, you could be within an arm’s reach.
Seats around the tunnel where the world’s fastest man will enter and exit the ground start at that price and are considered premium seats, making it the most expensive way to catch the game.
On the Eastern side — the touchline Bolt would be running down when the Mariners attack towards Brisbane Water — tickets drop to $20 and behind the goal prices range from $10 to $20.
In what is shaping up to be a pre-season clash like no other, the game in which the eight-time Olympic gold medalist is anticipated to make his debut in yellow and navy has also been picked up by Fox Sports who will broadcast the game live for those who can’t get there.
A 26-man provisional squad has been pencilled in for CCF select, with no names said to be set in stone until after the final round of local games this weekend, while the Mariners team will also be guided by their game against Newcastle in Maitland tomorrow.
All the focus is on Friday night, though, where tickets are still available on the club’s website or through Ticketek but thousands of fans have already secured their seat for the chance to see Bolt in full flight.
The annual game is usually held at Pluim Park but shifted this year to Central Coast Stadium to accomodate the likelihood of the sprinting sensation taking the field.
Bolt landed in Australia on Saturday and trained for the first time with the club on Tuesday in what was a light fitness session where he sat out the last half hour.
His work load has steadily built over the days that followed and next week he is expected to take part in a full training run.
Then, with any luck, he will lace up the boots and tear down the left touchline of Central Coast Stadium on Friday night.
It is expected the eight-time Olympic gold medalist will line up on the left flank, where his pace and clear preference for his left foot will be put to the test.