Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:14 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Does any other sport get so wound up about attendances?

Don't get me wrong, I hope it sells out, but there's more talk about how many tickets have gone than the actual game itself on here.

Announcing the team would help!

Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:52 pm  

Mark_W wrote:

Announcing the team would help!

Ellis out, Wilkin starts. Carvell on the bench.

Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:16 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Does any other sport get so wound up about attendances?

Don't get me wrong, I hope it sells out, but there's more talk about how many tickets have gone than the actual game itself on here.

This.

You always get a few angst-ridden souls making a point of telling us how worried they are / how disappointed they would be / how disgraceful it would be / etc if X game was not a sellout, or if they weren't at least Y 000. In RL alone, the hypothetical "low" attendance seems to strangely attract pathological worriers.

We also have similar troubled souls who will after a game, in all earnestness, report what the "real" attendance actually was, ignoring the actual tickets actually sold or the actual number of actual people through the turnstiles. Because "they know". They "can tell" it was never any more than X000, and no way was it as much as Y000.

It's as weird as it is predictable.

Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:22 pm  

Smiggs wrote:

Ellis out, Wilkin starts. Carvell on the bench.

where that come from??

if ellis is out its a big miss

Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:32 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Are we sure it's sold out? I know the RFL has publicised the fact that cash turnstiles will be open on the day.

Just got back off holiday and expected all £20 tickets to be sold out. Went up to Red Hall around midday and had a good choice of £20 tickets left. Ended up right behind the sticks in the North Stand.

Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:39 pm  

23,500 seats sold apparently, just under 2,000 left

Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:49 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

This.

You always get a few angst-ridden souls making a point of telling us how worried they are / how disappointed they would be / how disgraceful it would be / etc if X game was not a sellout, or if they weren't at least Y 000. In RL alone, the hypothetical "low" attendance seems to strangely attract pathological worriers.

We also have similar troubled souls who will after a game, in all earnestness, report what the "real" attendance actually was, ignoring the actual tickets actually sold or the actual number of actual people through the turnstiles. Because "they know". They "can tell" it was never any more than X000, and no way was it as much as Y000.

It's as weird as it is predictable.

Personally I think attendance is important and it is important how is looks on TV. Having 10,000 at an England International is embarrassing to our sport IMHO compared to however many thousands at Football and Rugby Union.

Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:56 pm  

Mark_W wrote:

Announcing the team would help!

Spot on. They must know who's fit and who isn't by now.

I hate the fact that no one will name a bloody team until an hour before the game. Does it really matter if the opposition knows beforehand ? Declare your hand and say 'beat that'.

It does nothing at all for publicising the game or creating pre-match talking points.

Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:22 pm  

There must be some 50/50 injuries he his waiting till the morning to decide upon,what would he gain from holding back his team? Anyway lets get behind the lads tomorrow and i for one wish them all the best,COME ON ENGLAND.

Re: ticket sales for Eng v NZ at KC : Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:06 am  

According to a post on the Hull forum the remaining tickets will be available on the gate. Only about 1500 left I reckon though.