Wales v France Six Nations Unsold Tickets

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Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays

A friend gave me a couple of free tickets for myself and my daughter. It took us just under four hours to get from Reading to my usual parking spot in Canton. An hour 45 back! The tickets were in the upper tier at £100 a pop. As you say massively overpriced.

Enjoyed the event. We seemed to be in a part of the ground where there were more French fans than most. They were mostly young and it provided a lively atmosphere. Don't know whether it was this but there was far less too and fro for beer than the previous game I attended against Italy about four years ago. Still there were a number of fans around us who seemed perfectly sensible pre match who were talking absolute drivel by its end from the beers they consumed.

Might be biased and a consequence of the empty seats but the anthem was not a patch on how it has been at recent games at the Cardiff City Stadium. Delayed a bit on the walkway along the Taff at the end as a poor guy was being given CPR. It looked a futile cause but hopefully they brought him back.

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Sounds grim regarding the guy at the end. Not good.
Yep trying to get to Glammy games on a Friday night from Cheltenham was a nightmare. Much easier on the way home. Is it me who thinks the atmosphere at the Principality is over-rated? Been quite a few times over the years and found it to be a bit lacking.

The pricing policy was ridiculous. You can't charge £100 a seat for the worst spots in the ground, and hope to sell all the tickets. Whoever set the prices needs to be sacked.

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Sounds grim regarding the guy at the end. Not good.
Yep trying to get to Glammy games on a Friday night from Cheltenham was a nightmare. Much easier on the way home. Is it me who thinks the atmosphere at the Principality is over-rated? Been quite a few times over the years and found it to be a bit lacking.

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It was a bit flat. It's a shame that the roof is almost always open these days as that may ramp it up a bit, but if both teams need to agree and the opposition believe that gives Wales an advantage it is rarely going to happen I suppose.

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Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays

It was a bit flat. It's a shame that the roof is almost always open these days as that may ramp it up a bit, but if both teams need to agree and the opposition believe that gives Wales an advantage it is rarely going to happen I suppose.

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When covid restrictions were greater a few months ago, I think it was decided to keep the roof open to have events there classed as outdoor. A closed roof would have meant it being an indoor event and fewer potential ticket sales.

THey only sing when they're winning.

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Originally Posted by Hilts

Yes thats what ive read. Wales and France voted for Friday night games the rest were against.

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England voted against it because of the strong protest regarding Friday traffic on one of the main commuter routes on the south western side...and I think they got it right.

if last night's game meant something it'd be full, people are far more likely to find £100 with a grand slam or title on the line than for what was basically a dead rubber. Coupled with households feeling the squeeze financially I'm not surprised it wasn't a sellout

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

In the same way football has left ordinary football fans behind

They gotta deal with it like we have

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I do feel that ordinanry fans can still access football ,
easier than Rugby both financially and in settijng , you can see that in Welsh games where youn
can afford to take youngsters to Welsh footy but cannot afford International Rugby with kids , in fact 6 nations Autumn Internationals are very unfriendly family events just positioned as drink festivals

Quite a few empty seats at the England v Ireland game