M18CTID
Well-Known Member
I've just phoned club for something not relating to tonight's game and got through within seconds, which doesn't bode well. I thought I'd be at least 30th in queue or something but no, straight in. I asked him how many we've sold for tonight, which he didn't seem to know but guessed about 41'000 at present and he said ticket sales picked up yesterday but have been steady mostly. So if it is 41'000 at present then a bit of a push today could whack it to 45'000 which wouldn't be bad at all. But the fact that I got through straight away also says we're not banging down the doors for last minute tickets.
I'd imagine those buying on the day would either do it in person at the ticket office or online rather than phoning up so I wouldn't read too much into that. I wouldn't mind betting that the ticket office will be busy around lunchtime in particular. It's surprising how many fans buy on the last minute for these midweek cup games - I've seen thousands and thousands fly off the planner on the day of a CL group game in the past.
41,000 sounds about right looking at the planner. The East and West stand 3rd tiers hold about 11,000 between them and some - probably a few thousand - had been shifted in there before they were taken offline. There's probably approx 3000 or so elsewhere in the stadium still showing I reckon