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Im flying into Salzburg with my brother the night before the Greece v Spain group match on June 18th. Might anyone know with experience of major tournaments should it be difficult to get tickets on the day at decent prices. I know for a fact the Greece and Spain have not brought many fans and are possibly the poorest supported teams at the tournament.
Is it naiive to think we might get two tickets or should we just go and enjoy it in the fanzone?
Good choice of game from a ticket perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by deecay
Tickets appear to be scarce enough so far according to my brother who is out there.
However I'd be amazed if you can't get 2 for this one (2 together might be a bit harder).
Go early to the ground and keep asking. Certainly come kickoff the prices should drop dramatically if not before. You may need to wait until close to kickoff. I'd definitely recommend trying your best to go rather than just go to the fanzone.
I'm attempting to get two tickets for the final. People have told me all will depend on who gets through the knockouts as a lot of the tickets are in voucher form and rely on team X getting through to the final (if the team doesnt make it the voucher can exchanged at a UEFA booth for a refund to the value of the official ticket cost)... It's still a bit of a snowflake in hell's chance.
I was just looking at the capacitys of the grounds yesterday, there all very low in fairness!!, Most are around 30,000.
I was watching the build up for the Spanish game on telly yesterday and they where on the fan mile in Innsbruck and it was full of Spanish and that was about an hour and a half before kick off. I reckon there is loads there themselves without tickets. The Greeks on the other hand if they loose against Russia I reckon many of them will be more than willing to sell their tickets to get something back on an expensive trip.
Check in the Irish Pubs, O'Mally's and The Shamrock they might be able to help you. The Fan Mile is in the Square behind the pub's
I hope Spain win this group as I have a ticket for the 1/4 Final Winner D v Runner Up C
Typically the Spanish don't travel in big numbers. However the same is true of the Portuguese and they have big support in Switzerland due to a lot of ex pats living there.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_barry80
The Irish bars are worth a shout all right but I reckon the best chance of a ticket is outside the ground and probably close to kickoff.
In japan and korea there seemed to be tickets available for a lot of games beforehand. Id say you've a good chance but dont haold out for 2 together as previously posted. An awful lot of tickets were bought as a venue specific ticket, so the purchaser had no idea who were even in the group and may well only go to 1 or 2 of the games in the stadium.
As regards the voucher system, this is a team specific ticket which we had in Japan. Basically all nations are allocated a fixed amount of team specific tickets, it was I think 7,000 per team in Japan. This means potentially 14,000 tickets for every game were pre sold for each game, and when your team were knocked out you got a refund of the unused tickets. If 2 poorly supported teams get to the final they may not have bought thier full allocation of team specific tickets, then these may be available for general sale.
Hopefully with the two results from tonight, tickets might be a bit easier to grab hold of.
My brother is still out there and tickets so far seem to be scarce for every match.
FWIW there are loads of tickets available outside Switzerland v Portugal.
we arrived in Salzburg this evening and got talking to people in the hostel about tickets. a group of Spaniards told us they got tickets for about 50 each. so were heading out to the stadium in the morn on the look out for tickets
(btw i HATE austrain keyboards:D)
good luck deecay!
got 2 tickets this morning, so were relieved. 150 for 2 along the side of the pitch and not at the end. got the fella down from 200 and ther worth 160 so it looks good overall. went out to the stadium this morning and it looks pretty poor. security very tight aswell but the transport system is working a treat. hopefully the game will be good aswell. for 150 it better be:D
Well done Enjoy. Still not the same without your own country being there.Quote:
Originally Posted by deecay
A mate was offered 2,000 euro by a Dutch fan for his ticket for the France game last Friday night.
I would never sell a ticket beyond face value, but also if I was in your mates position and had a ticket I wouldnt want to sell it full stop - Id just want to go to the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
However, being there as a neutral and knowing that a genuine Holland fan was desperate for that ticket (so much so that he was willing to part with 2000yoyos) - Its a dilemma? I mean if it was roles reversed and Ireland were playing, Id be praying that the dutch guy had some empathy for the Irish fan desperate to see his countrys match and sold me the ticket!
I should make it clear he didn't sell and still went to the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
He also said that if he had a spare it would have been sold at face value to the guy.
just back from the game. really enjoyable. were were in the bottom left corner in the upper tier so were beside all 3 goals and got a brilliant view of them all. electric atmosphere at the game with the two groups of supporters on top form. really enjoyed salzburg, a friendly and very welcoming city. flying back to dublin tomorrow and back to the real world of work on friday:(
forgot to mention aswell the name on our tickets was Richard Sadlier:D
well - I'm flying out on Monday for a couple of days in Liechtenstein before heading to Basle - as I have a ticket for the first Semi-Final (either Portugal or Germany vs. Croatia or Turkey)
Then back on Thursday night in time to head up to Rhyl on the Friday for the weekend for the Intertoto game against Rhyl
Can't wait
Going to Vienna via Bratislava in the morning for Croatia v Turkey and Spain v Italy.
Flights 108 euro
ryanair bus to Vienna 14 euro return
Hotel 40 euro per night for 3 nights
tickets 145 euro (includes fees)
Although I'm sure Ray Treacy or 747 would have done it cheaper for me. :D
I'm sure this is what you meant!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
The good news is FIFA are rowing back on this tickets for fans lark to stop people like me doing what I'm doing for this weekend. :mad:
400,000 tickets for South Africa will go to FIFA approved Travel Agents to run packages. This was the way it used to be done up until 1998. It was stopped because the Travel Agents fleeced the fans.
In reality this is a sly way to increase the corporate ticket allocation. These packages will be privced well out of the reach of your average fan.
Just got off the phone to a friend of mine who has no interest in football. He's been telling me he has been doing steward at all the games in Klagenfurt and just got a call to do the Turkey Croatia game tomorrow in Vienna. The local Job Center here set him up with it.
Makes me laugh everyone looking for tickets and gets in to see and has no interest. He offered me the number of the company to see If it's possible if I can work at the games. Have to work and I'm going to the Spain Italy game on Sunday anyway
Here's the number if anyone wants to chance their arm
0043 316 708831
I've no idea if it's the Job Center or a Private Company
What sort of price do you reckon tickets for the final will go for ?
I was getting off the U Bahn yesterday and there was loads of people selling tickets for the game. I think you will get tickets at face value maybe even cheaper.
I surprised by the amount of empty seats in the Italian end at least 500. The Spanish End was less about 100.
I reckon it is worth getting there early and shop around
Loads of tickets outside Turkey v Croatia. A mate paid 50 euro for a 110 euro ticket but reckoned he could have got it for 20 if he'd waited a few more minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_barry80
Neither Spain nor Italy sold their full allocation for the quarter final. I reckon the number of empty seats in the Italian end was over 1,000. Again loads of tickets outside at less than face value. The spanish fans had loads and seemed to be looking for face value. The Italians were trying to tout theirs but without success.
Was that you we saw in the Irish jersey among the Spanish fans ?Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
Not me. There were quite a few Irish jerseys there. I was in a Limerick shirt.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Saw a Bohs fan and a couple of Rovers fans too.
Can anyone who's been to a knockout match answer this question for me,
Do the tickets say Match 29, Winner Group A v Runner Up Group B,
Or do they actually have the team names on (eg Italy v Spain) - I'm guessing it's the first option as I dont think they'd have the means to mass print the tickets 2-3 days ahead of the fixture, but if anyone could confirm it that would be great.
I was at Match 28 and it had Winner Group D Vs Runner Up Group C. As I said when I seen the people selling tickets some of the tickets had flags on them.
So there could be two types.
2 types. Saw both last weekend. The ones sold in the ballot i nadvance have winner A v runner up B etc. Ditto for anybody with a follow my team who got their tickets before their opponents were known - eg in Japan I had Ireland follow my team and I got my tickets the day after we beat Saudi. My ticket had winner v runner up but those that waited until Spain were confirmed as our opponents had spain v ireland on their tickets.Quote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo