2023 FAI Cup

The barrage of abuse the FAI and Ticketmaster have been receiving about ticketing on social media seems to have worked, as there are now way more sections available to purchase online.

Which end are each club's fans in? Presumably Pats get the diddy stand/ennd?

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Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

The barrage of abuse the FAI and Ticketmaster have been receiving about ticketing on social media seems to have worked, as there are now way more sections available to purchase online.

Which end are each club's fans in? Presumably Pats get the diddy stand/ennd?

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Yes Pats were drawn as the away team and are in the North stand

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Originally Posted by yurt

Where does the income for the cup semi final tickets go? I saw it mentioned that there's a 40-40-20 split between home-away-FAI in the rounds leading up to this? I assume the final is no different?

For arguments sake 51k x ~20 quid is over a million quid that could be generated from ticket sales alone for this one game. This has turned into serious business for the FAI real fast.

Sports direct are in the first season of a 3 year sponsorship deal, it's hard to know what sort of situation the economy or Irish football will be in by then but you'd hope there'd be a queue of bidders coming to sponsor the cup when it becomes available.

20K tickets is an insane amount to flog within the first few hours. I think in a funny way the ****e facilities usually in place and the lack of tickets all year for LOI fans has meant people have made sure to buy early. Once there's talk about it selling well there can be a snowball affect and people will get tickets if they think there's a fear of losing out later.

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It's frequently stated that you need a crowd of 30k to cover the costs of using the Aviva, particularly as ticket prices are very reasonable for the cup final, so there won't be a huge payday for either club. I think a gate of well over 40k is on the cards, though, given they attracted 37,000 two years ago and there's been a huge upswing in support for the domestic game since.

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Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

The barrage of abuse the FAI and Ticketmaster have been receiving about ticketing on social media seems to have worked, as there are now way more sections available to purchase online.

Which end are each club's fans in? Presumably Pats get the diddy stand/ennd?

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Still drip feeding tickets though. Wish they'd just open entire stands rather than this block by block nonsense.

Will the FAI Cup Final attendance be more attractive than the upcoming Greece fixture which will probably attract the usual great home support for another disappointing campaign....40,000+ at the Aviva for this one I expect! :)

Tickets even though bought and paid for still “unavailable to view”?????
Useless *******s.

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Originally Posted by Dermobohs

Tickets even though bought and paid for still “unavailable to view”?????
Useless *******s.

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That's pretty commonplace for a lot of events to be fair. A lot of the time the QR code won't show up until the week of/a few days before an event, believe they say that it's to combat touting.

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Originally Posted by Jack B

That's pretty commonplace for a lot of events to be fair. A lot of the time the QR code won't show up until the week of/a few days before an event, believe they say that it's to combat touting.

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Yeah I tried to give away my New Zealand tickets the other day and the code wasn't available. Its the standard practice.

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Originally Posted by Dermobohs

Tickets even though bought and paid for still “unavailable to view”?????
Useless *******s.

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Same here. Glad it’s not just me. Was wondering if I should be getting worried !

FAI saying the “lower bowl” is now completely sold out. Ticket sales overall must be nearly 30k when you add upper and premium levels sold to-date.

There will be a chunk of seats in the lower tier tapered off like in previous finals but whatever is sold out now on the lower tier is really encouraging for a 40k-45K attendance range I would think

I'm still playing a complicated game of chicken with myself. Holding out for Premium seats in blocks near the middle of the pitch to come up, whilst having no idea if they've already been sold or not :D

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Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

I'm still playing a complicated game of chicken with myself. Holding out for Premium seats in blocks near the middle of the pitch to come up, whilst having no idea if they've already been sold or not :D

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Theres no bad view from the premium section in the Aviva. It’s a class part of the ground.

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Originally Posted by D24Saint

Theres no bad view from the premium section in the Aviva. It’s a class part of the ground.

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True. But some views will be better than others. And my eyesight isn't great either, so the nearer the middle the better for me.

If only Ticketmaster put all the seats or sections out at once, I wouldn't have to play a guessing/waiting game to see if any better options come up.

Any updates on ticket sales?

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Originally Posted by Nesta99

Any updates on ticket sales?

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I'm still holding out for a better block to come up. Thanks for asking though :cool:

The fai Cup is so over rated. Hardly worth playing in to be honest.

I’ve felt the same about the poxy league since,oh, 2009 or thereabouts

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Originally Posted by sbgawa

The fai Cup is so over rated. Hardly worth playing in to be honest.

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We’ve noticed.

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Originally Posted by Nesta99

Any updates on ticket sales?

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There is currently ONE neutral Premium section ticket available in the ground. They haven't opened up more sections yet. Still waiting for a few extra to open yet myself.