Will it sell-out?

And the game against NZ despite it being a massive game.

Indeed. Neutrals won't pay £40 for this so to answer the question above - no it won't sell out. Particularly with the Magic Weekend being 2 weeks before it. It could actually sell poorly outside of Wigan.

It will be pretty embarrasing.

I'm still very confident it will sell out, or at least come very close to doing so.

Anything less than 20,000 will be embarrassing, anything less than a sell out at least a week before the match will be disappointing but not a surprise.

We really need to drum up support and get the 'bandwaggoners' along...

a question to Matt (ticket office Matt)
i've bought two tickets already. if i wanted to add another one to that but there isn't a single next to the two i alreasy have, how easy is it to move the existing two tickets to another area?

A friend has just telephoned.
He wanted two £40 tickets in the West Stand. He tried Wigan but was told to contact the RFL.

When he telephoned the RFL the £40 West Stand tickets have all been sold, so he had to get the £30 ones.

Looking good.

I would expect the West stand to be part reserved for sponsors, RFL exec and any touring Australians.

And our elite supporters (category one)

Naaah, they're all in the South for this one!

What a crock of e, why make it as difficult as possible to obtain tickets by having 2 seperate places to buy them from? Why couldnt Wigan rlfc have access to the remaining tickets from the RFL, theyve not even printed the damn things yet? This WILL put floating fans off from buying tickets, as they will say 'oh feck it, i cant be d running around after ticckets, ill watch it on the telly'.

The RFL dont you just love 'em

Because it's an RFL event.
Wigan had to fight with them to get them to agree to let season ticket holders have the first chance to claim their own seats, that's why we were only given a limited time to claim our seats.

Don't forget, this is the first time in years that a game has been played at a clubs own home ground.

Never in the 11 games played in the UK since the concept was revived in 2000.

Where's the logic in that?

Want to buy tickets from Wigan, then you can. Not a Wigan fan? Then ring the RFL or go online.

Hows about if you want to sit in a particular seat.....Thats reet Ill make the trip down to the DW only to be told that seat is available but not from Wigan, yep you have to phone the RFL to sit there. Whichever way the cat jumps its a balls up, and will continue to be so.
The blame lies firmly with the RFL for the over priced tickets, ticket allocation to Wigan, lack of marketing, lack of sponsership, hey I even blame them for the War on terror. This great game of ours survives inspite of the RFL not because of it.

If you are a season ticket holder then you could have your own seat, and were informed by Wigan in November.

If you know which seats you want ring the RFL

or

use their ticketing website
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Reet ive got mine plus another 9 others......but I do know of floating fans that want tickets, but who swear by using cash. How do they choose a seat that the RFL have allocated? My point is no tickets have been printed so why can both the RFL and Wigan work off the same seat database and sell tickets as and when people want them?

Probably a question that Leyther_Matt is better qualified to answer, but I'll hazard a guess that the RFL and Wigans e-ticketing systems are from a different software supplier and are not compatible.

Synchronising databases is not easy at the best of times let alone with different software packages.

Maybe this is part of the reason the RFL wanted complete control of the ticket sales.

Fantastic poster.
I want one.

Superb poster

A fantastic picture , the same quality as that picture in the Leeds prog i have lent you, (the picture Hanley and Edwards, born to lead or something like that).

Indeedy! I think that's the best thing the RFL has ever done!

Perfect choice of players, and I love the way it fades from CP to DW in the background.

I want one, too! I've emailed the RFL to ask if they're available as posters.

Indeed. It'd cost tens of thousands to have the two systems synchronized and working 'live' - any situation where the same seat is sold twice would actually be a breach of the stadium's safety certificate so it isn't something taken lightly, nor is it a case of deliberately obstructing people who want to pay cash. Fact is, the RFL employ a lot of folk for their 'events management' and quite simply can't justify handing over 25% of their events to someone else (ie Wigan/the stadium).

An example of the above by the way is to note the phone number on the poster as it is the RFL's ticket office and not the DW.