Price reduction for South Africa game

**Superhoops** · 17/08/2009, 6:10 PM

Announced this evening:

The Football Association of Ireland today (August 17) announced that it will release tickets, including a family friendly children�s ticket, next Monday, for the September 8 friendly against South Africa in Thomond Park.

Tickets for the Thomond Park game will be available from Monday, August 24 through the following outlets:

1. www.fai.ie

2. Gleeson Sports Scene, Mahon House, 25 Upper William Street, Limerick.

3. Thomond Park ticket office.

Schoolboy / girl �7 (through schoolboy/girl clubs only)

North and South Terrace �20

East and West Terrace �30

East and West Stand �40

Child Stand ticket (under 16) �20

Existing block booker ticket commitments for the South Africa friendly in Limerick will be adjusted accordingly.

**old git** · 17/08/2009, 6:23 PM

Originally Posted by Superhoops

Announced this evening:

The Football Association of Ireland today (August 17) announced that it will release tickets, including a family friendly children�s ticket, next Monday, for the September 8 friendly against South Africa in Thomond Park.

Tickets for the Thomond Park game will be available from Monday, August 24 through the following outlets:

1. www.fai.ie

2. Gleeson Sports Scene, Mahon House, 25 Upper William Street, Limerick.

3. Thomond Park ticket office.

Schoolboy / girl �7 (through schoolboy/girl clubs only)

North and South Terrace �20

East and West Terrace �30

East and West Stand �40

Child Stand ticket (under 16) �20

Existing block booker ticket commitments for the South Africa friendly in Limerick will be adjusted accordingly.

still a bit expensive for a friendly intl against a fairly unknown team ..

**Superhoops** · 17/08/2009, 6:25 PM

I thought they could have done the side terrace for 25 and the ends for 15.

**old git** · 17/08/2009, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Superhoops

I thought they could have done the side terrace for 25 and the ends for 15.

would have been a bit more reasonable ...

**Claret Murph** · 18/08/2009, 6:21 AM

"Existing block booker ticket commitments for the South Africa friendly in Limerick will be adjusted accordingly. "

So I have my ticket what i paid €25 for the south terrace , will this mean the the good old FAI are going to give me a rebate ?????????

**Green Tribe** · 18/08/2009, 8:17 AM

hardly likely claret

**elroy** · 18/08/2009, 9:16 AM

Credit where its due, a sensible move and at least the prices are in general more reasonable.
In fairness if they werent gonna fill the place for Australia not much chance of filling it for a SA game.

**DeLorean** · 18/08/2009, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by elroy

Credit where its due

Don't know about that. They'll probably still make the same amount out of it seeing as more people will go. They were just using the Australia match to explore how far they could go in relation to ripping people off.

Italy v Ireland �12
Ireland v Italy �70

Enough said.

**Claret Murph** · 18/08/2009, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by DeLorean

Don't know about that. They'll probably still make the same amount out of it seeing as more people will go. They were just using the Australia match to explore how far they could go in relation to ripping people off.

Italy v Ireland �12
Ireland v Italy �70

Enough said.

And you have to remember that �2 was added by the FAI

**Superhoops** · 18/08/2009, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Claret Murph

"Existing block booker ticket commitments for the South Africa friendly in Limerick will be adjusted accordingly. "

So I have my ticket what i paid �25 for the south terrace , will this mean the the good old FAI are going to give me a rebate ?????????

I am expecting they will do exactly that!!!

**mypost** · 18/08/2009, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by elroy

Credit where its due, a sensible move and at least the prices are in general more reasonable.

Stand tickets decrease by �15, but Terraces by just �5.

This isn't a sensible move, it's the bare minimum possible. All parts of the ground are still horrendously overpriced for such a fixture.

**Mayo Red** · 19/08/2009, 8:15 AM

Originally Posted by Claret Murph

"Existing block booker ticket commitments for the South Africa friendly in Limerick will be adjusted accordingly. "

So I have my ticket what i paid �25 for the south terrace , will this mean the the good old FAI are going to give me a rebate ?????????

Originally Posted by Superhoops

I am expecting they will do exactly that!!!

On that basis the FAI owe me �30 for the two stand tickets that I already have and have paid for, won't hold my breath though!! Typical "pull it out of your arse" effort from the boys in Abbotstown!!

**jbyrne** · 21/08/2009, 2:01 PM

Originally Posted by DeLorean

Don't know about that. They'll probably still make the same amount out of it seeing as more people will go. They were just using the Australia match to explore how far they could go in relation to ripping people off.

Italy v Ireland �12
Ireland v Italy �70

Enough said.

not all tickets in Bari were �12. i think i heard some were about �60 each (not for Irish fans). also tickets available for Ireland V Italy for �50. your comparison is therefore wide of the mark

things are different on the continent. the matches are played in municipal stadiums and therefore have to have very low prices for some tickets so that the stadium is open to people of all means.

**L37Ultra** · 21/08/2009, 2:14 PM

Originally Posted by jbyrne

very low prices for some tickets so that the stadium is open to people of all means.

Isn't that what the FAI should be doing?

Its sad that so many people in Limerick couldn't afford to go to such a historic event in their city. About time the FAI brought football back the ordinary person. I know someone who wanted to bring his two sons to the Australia game but as his sons are very young, he was worried they wouldn't see the game in the terraces.

He ended up watching it on t.v as it would have cost him �165 for three stand tickets. It still would have been �75 for the three of them for the cheapest tickets behind the goals.

**jbyrne** · 21/08/2009, 2:44 PM

Originally Posted by L37Ultra

Isn't that what the FAI should be doing?

Its sad that so many people in Limerick couldn't afford to go to such a historic event in their city. About time the FAI brought football back the ordinary person. I know someone who wanted to bring his two sons to the Australia game but as his sons are very young, he was worried they wouldn't see the game in the terraces.

He ended up watching it on t.v as it would have cost him �165 for three stand tickets. It still would have been �75 for the three of them for the cheapest tickets behind the goals.

agree with what you say. tickets for that match were too high for sure. just had to espond to the mad comparison above

**mypost** · 21/08/2009, 3:01 PM

Originally Posted by L37Ultra

I know someone who wanted to bring his two sons to the Australia game but as his sons are very young, he was worried they wouldn't see the game in the terraces.

He ended up watching it on t.v as it would have cost him €165 for three stand tickets. It still would have been €75 for the three of them for the cheapest tickets behind the goals.

Families can't go to games at those prices, and unless the father is MD of some bank, paying €165 to watch a semi-competitive friendly with 12 substitutions is unjustifiable. Never mind related expenses.

A single person can manage it, but the ticket prices are simply unrealistic in the current climate.

**L37Ultra** · 21/08/2009, 3:13 PM

If its true that the FAI were charged €250,000 for the use of Thomond Park for both of these games then no wonder the prices are still so high even after the reductions.

Once we move back to Landsdowne Road it will be a real reflection of how much the FAI want to charge for the game.

**mypost** · 21/08/2009, 3:22 PM

It's not only ticket sales that pay for the FAI's use of stadiums. They have significant cash reserves as we know, and compared to the rent they're charged for Croke Park, �250k is cheap.

Lansdowne prices will be similiar to Croke Park ones. Which will continue to not sell out in most cases.

**DeLorean** · 21/08/2009, 3:51 PM

Originally Posted by jbyrne

just had to respond to the mad comparison above

Fair enough all things may not have been equal in my comparison. I was only dealing with what it cost me for my ticket for Italy away compared to Italy at home. I didn't do any research into what it cost the locals. The fact remains, despite what other countries are charging, the FAI's prices are shameful and they are only dropping the prices for the upcoming friendly for their own benefit, and not to cut Average Joe some slack, so I don't think they're due any credit. €5 for the match programme for the Friendly in Thomond was cat as well.

**MariborKev** · 21/08/2009, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by mypost

It's not only ticket sales that pay for the FAI's use of stadiums. They have significant cash reserves as we know, and compared to the rent they're charged for Croke Park, �250k is cheap.

Lansdowne prices will be similiar to Croke Park ones. Which will continue to not sell out in most cases.

Have you seen the accounts? Cash reserves is something they don't have.

For every Italy v Ireland, I can quote a Norway v Ireland for the friendly in Oslo where the tickets were dearer.

Between the rent of the Gaalibahn etc the FAI make what they can out of the game.