Quote FearTheVee="FearTheVee"It does matter. I can guarantee that Wigan would have sold 4-8 tickets to me by now. If it rolls into Feb the people I was going with may have changed their minds / have other plans / better offers. They aren't die hard RL fans from the M62 corridor but their money is worth the same.
Of course season ticket holders will get tickets but again thats a very RL view on how a prestige event like the WCC should be approached / marketed. You seem to think the important thing is that anyone who wants a ticket gets one as if it not selling out is some sort of bonus for people. I'm making the complete opposite point that you should be determined to sell it out early and starting selling tickets in Feb as you suggest would be a great way not to achieve that.'"
But people know about the game and have done so for weeks. They know the date and venue. Its not like the game will only be confirmed in February. People will know now whether they want to go or not. How will people have changed their minds purely because they haven't got a physical ticket?
I am going but I knew I would be going regardless of when the tickets go on sale. So it matters not a jot to me when I actually have the ticket in my hand. If someone is offered another option on the same night why can't they decline it in the knowledge that they will be going to the game (or would be incredibly unfortunate not to be able to by a ticket)
There's families choosing between food on the table or Xmas presents for their kids unfortunately and yet you expect everyone to snap up tickets and pay for them now in the most expensive month of the year. Not so bad as a single adult but a family of 4 is a different matter.
The Mary Earps GK shirt sold out in under 5 minutes on Monday, two weeks before Christmas. By your reckoning Nike should've started to sell them in April to ensure they would be sold out.
If the DW sells out it won't be anything to do with when the tickets are released.
