I reckon we should all give Ticketek the flick and we all head down to RFC reception and get Cotch to print us a few tickets each?
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Finals tickets
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One can only conclude that they don't give a s**t.
I will believe that they are staggering the sale of different finals when I see it, Ticketek are stupid and I have seen no evidence they will stop being stupid.
Mr T, I can well sympathise with your monkey: I had 2 browsers and the app on my phone going at once and got nowhere as the site melted down. I seemed to be in a mixed section in the stratosphere at last year's PF, yeah, not pleasant.
I still reckon remove some seats and have more standing room for really big finals. Look at the size of the stands in the 1970s, smaller stands yet more people. You could get some extra standing room with a much lower density than the old days (yeah, it was really packed and somewhat ridiculous) and I reckon add a good 5,000 to 10,000 to the capacity.
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Just had a look at some numbers - Brisbane have 28,000 members (how many of them have gameday rights isn’t clear) and the Gabba holds 42,000. Probably not as many corporates in Queensland as there would be in Victoria (they’re probably at NRL finals) so you would think we’d be allocated at least 10,000, maybe even 15,000. I reckon this should be enough for those Richmond members who are able to travel for it. Hope so anyway, as my wife and I have already shelled out on expensive flights on the presumption we’ll be able to get in!
according to the link below, there are 35,000 public seats in a 42,000 stadium.
Gabba - About Us
The Gabba is an icon of the Brisbane landscape and is the home ground for the Brisbane Lions, Brisbane Heat and Queensland Bulls. It is regarded as an impenetrable fortress for the Australian cricket team, with one of the best cricket wickets in the world.
thegabba.com.au
a reasonable amount of lions fans would live in VIC as well, so they might only have 20,000 members up north. I would also think our game was deliberately scheduled for saturday so the Tiger army can head up for it to ensure a sellout. I'd be very disappointed if we aren't allocated a third of those 35,000 seats.
This coincides with the last round of the NRL H&A, and in any event their NRL side plays interstate that week, while the Gabba is not used for rugby league.
I think we have around 4 or 5K members based in QLD. Whether they are entitled to finals tickets will remain to be seen
Why don't we get 50% allocation in the members pre sale?
I think we do - competing clubs have the same allocation of tickets
incorrect. the AFL choose the allocation based on what they think suits the best. Its usually 50/50 when 2 VIC teams play at the MCG, but when its 2 teams from different states playing... may I refer you to the Prelim against GWS in 2017? But what the AFL think suits Brisbane v Richmond best is anyone's guess. If I had to guess, I would say maybe we'd get 30%?
I more meant that companies up there were less likely to want to woo clients/reward employees at an AFL final than they would be in Victoria as it’s less of a big deal - the same way that I’m sure less people would be wined and dined at a Storm game in Victoria.
lets hope for Melbourne fans this topic does not heat up for 3 weeks as we post our prelim experiences 
I doubt there was any Gee Whizz members missed out on a ticket that day. Gee Whizz probably made a small fortune on selling their allocation to Richmond members rather than getting stuck with a pile they couldn't have given away otherwise.
Will be logging in for 3 tickets. If I can’t get them with my member barcodes “Lions” will be getting typed into the box.
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Will be logging in for 3 tickets. If I can’t get them with my member barcodes “Lions” will be getting typed into the box.
Meow.
pretty sure they changed that option after Geelong 2017. at least they did last year.
according to the link below, there are 35,000 public seats in a 42,000 stadium.
Gabba - About Us
The Gabba is an icon of the Brisbane landscape and is the home ground for the Brisbane Lions, Brisbane Heat and Queensland Bulls. It is regarded as an impenetrable fortress for the Australian cricket team, with one of the best cricket wickets in the world.
I would also think our game was deliberately scheduled for saturday so the Tiger army can head up for it to ensure a sellout. I'd be very disappointed if we aren't allocated a third of those 35,000 seats.
Don't think so. Two previous games (Geelong - Saturday and Collingwood - Thursday) were virtual sell-outs at the Gabba. Those seats are going to go very quickly.
I'm not sure how the Gabba works for h&a games, but I'm sure a lot of the stadium would be GA, compared to fully ticketed for finals.
I wonder if brisbane members might be offered 2 tix per barcode? wouldn't put it past the AFL to screw us.
