they sold 1,500 tickets to the semi-finals to Junior RL in the south east...that was the last update they released.....

I would be surprised if they were pushing the WC just before the exiles game. They were giving updates pretty frequently until easter but then they started pushing MM. Whenever you get so little coverage I guess you have to pick what you promote and when.

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I struggled getting the tickets I wanted for all of the big 3 matches on the bottom tiers. It looks promising that so many extra blocks have been opened up at Cardiff and that the vast majority of the stadium for the final is already open.



What would people deem a success for those 3 games?

Nothing but a sell out. It's a world cup final and double headed semi.

They do seem to be opening more seats for the opening game which is great news. I really struggled to get 5 tickets for the final, had to go for the £50 ones, really wanted the £30 ones but couldn't get ANY.



For me a success would be 50k for opening ceremony, 60k for Semi and sell-out for final. Plus all the smaller games well attended.



Some fans will complain if every single seat for the tournament isn't sold.

I believe that there are about 550k tickets available for the tournament. Semis (90) opener (75) and final (75) represent 44% if the available seats for 18% of the games....if the 3 above sell out and the rest get 50% capacity sold, then that's 345k sold and 63% capacity sold and an increase of 50k on 2008.

Anything less than that will be a real disappointment....

I agree that the final must sell out and by the looks of things, it will.



As for the semi it's a tough one. The stadium holds 90k but we'll have 75k to shift when you take in to account club Wembley. Is that possible? I'd like to think so but we'll need people in the heartlands to get off their backsides. In the 2011 four nations game at Wembley, the amount of tickets sold in the heartlands was pretty poor by all accounts. We can't afford for that to be the case again.



I'd be happy with 70k at Wembley, a full house at Old Trafford and 60k at Cardiff I think.

Club Wembley will be on general sale as its not in the guaranteed games

Didn't know that.



Some good seats in that middle section then.

the big games seem to be selling well, but the way we haven't sold out even the bottom tiers of the KC and John Smith's for the other England games is a concern.











Judging by the above I would guestimate that there are only 15k's worth of tickets currently on sale at each ground, we've got to at least sell out the bottom tiers (20K+) for it look good on TV.

I think those games will sell a lot more closer to the time. I'm wanting to go to the Ireland game, but in no rush to buy the tickets and think a lot of other fans will think the same.