Right bear with me with this. I have been monitoring the ticket page for a few weeks now (sad individual with bugger all to do in the evenings - the joys of working life in the evening! ). Now I have no doubt this could be wrong but cross referencing the rows sold along with the odd press release about details and the actual physical number of seats has been reasonably accurate. So analysis:

Lower Tier - 23,500 seats - 71 rows left (L32, L33, L4, L5 and L9) x 28 seats per row = 1988 seats left
Mid Tier - 18,000 - 7 blocks (counted rows available) x 20 seats per row x 15 rows = 2100 seats left

That leaves 4100 seats left (or 37,400 sold!), which is roughly accurate to 10% of 41,500 - THIS IS THE SAME AS QUOTED BY THE RLWC13 TEAM RECENTLY

Upper Tier - 33,000 = 11,800 seats sold (7800 West Stand and 4000 North Stand unavailable)
(Cat 3 - 7800 seats - 54 rows x 28 seats = 1500 seats sold)
(Cat 6 - 5200 seats - 173 rows x 28 seats = 4800 seats sold)
(Cat 7 - 8500 seats - 197 rows x 28 seats = 5500 seats sold)

So adding together 37,400 and 11,800 actually gives smack of 49,200 seats sold. Compare that with those still left available (4100 lower/mid tier, 11800 unavailable and 9400 unsold) leaves me about the exact capacity of the ground. Give or take the accuracy difference mentioned in the first paragraph and I reckon the current tickets sold could be anything from 47,500 to 52,000...

I also asked one of the ticket girls when I rang the other day to book a couple of tickets near where my group are located, she reiterated that 90% of the lower/mid tier had gone, plus the Cat 6 (mostly gone!) and 7 seats had been selling very well. So I can't be far off...

There is probably the odd Maths mistake in there but I personally can't wait for the Opener no matter the crowd size. Confident of a 50k crowd though...

Wow, surprised this thread is still alive and kicking.

For those spouting Bollocks, consider yourselves warned. To be fair to us mods, if people have a problem, click the report button, it makes the issue stand out like a sore thumb..

We can't read everything and I only caught sight of this from a brief scan of the last page.

I would have thought with the final announcement on the sales, that would have been the end of this thread.

Just spell everything correctly and the swear filter will either change it for you or not, putting in alternate letters and #'s is down to being a little cheeky or a very bad speller.

Bollocks

...just checking the translation for male genitalia.

Correct.....I was concerned that given their track record, the RFL being frugal with press releases. The plethora of discount codes from July onwards does point to a slight concern on their part, as does the 170,000 more fans than 2008 but only a 500k increase in profit.


I was wrong....in fact, I was 27% wrong and admitted as much straight away. I did so with good faith and congratulated Ms Bolton et al on a splendid job. My negativity is generally not directed at ARL, which compared to the RFL is a brilliantly run organisation, but that really isn't much of a compliment. A quick glance at the RL headlines since RLWC 2013 point to my negativity being pretty well founded....



But you were blowing the trumpets for years telling anyone who dared log in that the WA Reds/Pirates were a shoo-in for expansion once the gazillion dollar deal was done.....what actually happened is the current 16 NRL clubs and the ARL decided to keep feeding at the same trough and not to share with anyone. Given the TV ratings for Perth and the, at best, average attendances for OTR games there, I suspect Brisbane II and Wellington II may be ahead of the deserted wastelands of WA when it comes to the next expansion.

On the topic of the longevity of this thread, Ticket sales have been confirmed at 460k for 26 events or 28 games, depending which altar you genuflect too, and therefore the average attendance went up from 2008 and therefore the RLWC can be considered a roaring success. Well done to all concerned from Ms Bolton through to the Fans who attended.

You continue to be good value for lol moments, thank you.

I am touring WA next year and am worth every penny!