50,000 is a fair old crowd, but...

oliverfennell · Post by **oliverfennell** » 05 Nov 2007, 07:25

Why were they telling people all the cheap seats had been sold, and yet on the night half of the upper tier was empty?

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 05 Nov 2007, 07:32

For the Manfredo fight they were selling the mid tier tickets for the price of the upper tier on the day to fill the lower tiers up. Looks better on TV i suppose.

the patriot · Post by **the patriot** » 05 Nov 2007, 07:39

If you went right to the back of the upper tier, would you be able to see anything what with the lighting stantion (sp) above the ring?

I noticed that most of the upper half of the tier was empty, maybe it was for that reason.

oliverfennell · Post by **oliverfennell** » 05 Nov 2007, 08:58

Terry D wrote:I got upgrades for the Bika fight. It is so they can black blanket the empty seats.

They blanketed about a quarter of the entire arena, not just the cheap seats.

Wales, that may explain it partly, but the point is, people who enquired on the day were told there were NO SEATS under £330 left, when there clearly were.

Patriot raises a good point, though.

Another thought - did a couple of thousand lads in the pubs forget/not know about the 10.30pm entry curfew?

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 05 Nov 2007, 09:13

the patriot wrote:If you went right to the back of the upper tier, would you be able to see anything what with the lighting stantion (sp) above the ring?

I noticed that most of the upper half of the tier was empty, maybe it was for that reason.

Spot on. The sightlines were only half way up the uppr tier.

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 05 Nov 2007, 09:14

oliverfennell wrote:
Terry D wrote:I got upgrades for the Bika fight. It is so they can black blanket the empty seats.
They blanketed about a quarter of the entire arena, not just the cheap seats.

Wales, that may explain it partly, but the point is, people who enquired on the day were told there were NO SEATS under £330 left, when there clearly were.

Patriot raises a good point, though.

Another thought - did a couple of thousand lads in the pubs forget/not know about the 10.30pm entry curfew?

Who gave that information?

101boxing · Post by **101boxing** » 05 Nov 2007, 10:49

oliverfennell wrote:
Terry D wrote:I got upgrades for the Bika fight. It is so they can black blanket the empty seats.
They blanketed about a quarter of the entire arena, not just the cheap seats.

Wales, that may explain it partly, but the point is, people who enquired on the day were told there were NO SEATS under £330 left, when there clearly were.

Patriot raises a good point, though.

Another thought - did a couple of thousand lads in the pubs forget/not know about the 10.30pm entry curfew?

i bought 4 £75 tickets on the day, so thats BS mate.

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 05 Nov 2007, 11:07

My friend bought two £300 tickets a few days before for £150each ... I guess they were doing all they could to fill the place.

oliverfennell · Post by **oliverfennell** » 05 Nov 2007, 11:22

boxingchat wrote:
oliverfennell wrote:
Terry D wrote:I got upgrades for the Bika fight. It is so they can black blanket the empty seats.
They blanketed about a quarter of the entire arena, not just the cheap seats.

Wales, that may explain it partly, but the point is, people who enquired on the day were told there were NO SEATS under £330 left, when there clearly were.

Patriot raises a good point, though.

Another thought - did a couple of thousand lads in the pubs forget/not know about the 10.30pm entry curfew?
Who gave that information?

Somebody from the press told me two of his friends wanted to go, but were told over the phone on the day that only £330 and £550 tickets were available. I saw myself Ticketmaster was sold out, and See Tickets only had the top two price bands left.

JCB123 · Post by **JCB123** » 05 Nov 2007, 16:42

i bought a £100 ticket & bunked in the £500 seats!!!!!!