Kings Park ‘unlikely’ to be sold out

Kings Park ‘unlikely’ to be sold out

25 Oct 2012

The Currie Cup final will not be sold out by Saturday.

There were mixed reactions after the Sharks announced their ticket prices for this weekend’s Currie Cup final against WP. Adults tickets are priced at R350 each, while scholar bench spots cost R170 each. These were the same amounts used for the 2010 Currie Cup final, which had a 54 000-strong crowd.

Durban locals willing to spend R350 a ticket for the Currie Cup final

An adult ticket for the semi-final against the Blue Bulls last weekend was priced at R150, while a domestic league game ticket cost R60.

Locals have complained about the price increase for Saturday’s showdown on the Sharks’ official Facebook page.

One follower commented: ‘@ R1040 for my fam, just a tad to much, will be supporting from home!!!’, while another posted: ‘Ticket prices are unaffordable!! My son was invited to run onto the field with Garvz..it would have been amazing for him…I could not motivate R1040.00 for my family for a 2 hour night!!!!! At this rate no-one will be supporting live games!!!! How sad to end such a legacy in Durban!’

Other fans have been more optimistic and locals have lined up at the Sharks’ ticket offices.

One supporter told keo.co.za: ‘This is the Currie Cup final. It’s one of the most treasured matches of the season. It’s a pity some people can’t afford it, but fans should still show up for the game. I’ve bought mine on Tuesday and I was told that most of the good seats were taken.’

When asked about the poor attendances at the Kings Park during the Currie Cup, he answered: ‘I think the crowd attendances all over the country have been poor. The rain in Durban in recent months have also kept the fans from showing up at the stadium.’

Sharks CEO Brian van Zyl told The Mercury on Tuesday that he expects a sell-out crowd this weekend.

However, the ticket sales have been slow. It was reported that 13 136 tickets were made available on Monday, but only 2093 were sold.

An official at the Sharks ticket offices told this site: ‘It doesn’t look like we’ll be sold out this weekend. We haven’t sold that many tickets. Our offices will still be open on Saturday.’

By Gareth Duncan, in Durban


57 Comments

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  • 1.gonzo: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 10:55 am

    Where are the dragons complaining about Kiwi crowds now?

  • 2.skunk: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:02 am

    350 to sit on the east stand in the rain is too much. They should have made the east stand cheaper like they use to do in football.

  • 3.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:08 am

    greedy f.cukers

  • 4.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:11 am

    the rugby bubble is going to burst soon enough, the R450 – R500 Test ticket prices will be a thing of the past…

  • 5.WP-Forever: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:12 am

    There will likely be more WP supporters than Sharks supporters at the Tank.

    WP supporters are passionate and loyal and willing to pay whatever it takes.

  • 6.wp. winning nothing never looked so easy: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:15 am

    anyone who hasnt seen the weather forecast for durban on saturday needs to check it out.

    another mudbath coming up.

  • 7.WP-Forever: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:15 am

    I take it the blonde lady in the photo above is SharksGirl, but which ones are Puma and sharks_lover?

  • 8.wp. winning nothing never looked so easy: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:16 am

    @WP-Forever-5: good for you man, you are amazing.

  • 9.WP-Forever: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:18 am

    @wp. winning nothing never looked so easy-8:

    :lol:

  • 10.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:20 am

    @WP-Forever-7: sharks_lover the dikgat in shorts leaning on the counter… :D

  • 11.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:20 am

    If this match was at newlands it would be sold out#fact

    @WP-Forever-7: :lol:

    @wp. winning nothing never looked so easy-6: Game needs to be moved to Moses Mabhida. Kings park is a joke of a stadium. Have spoilt many a great game with poor drainage.

  • 12.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:22 am

    @Transformation-10: Stop stop it! I have company in the drawing office! :lol:

  • 13.WP-Forever: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:22 am

    @wp. winning nothing never looked so easy-6:

    The Sharks will win. Their pack will outmuscle the young WP pack, especially if the game is a mudbath.

  • 14.Brigadier Van Zyl: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:27 am

    @Transformation-4:

    why, are players and coaches all going to take paycuts?
    are SARS offering a discounted winterspecial on their 14%?
    is Eskom gving our Stadia free power?
    Are the municipality scrapping rates and taxes?
    Did medical insurance become cheaper?
    etc,etc,etc

    Nothing new here, rugby is (read the price for tickets) as vunerable to the effects of the worldwide reccession with it’s disproportionate increase of costs to increase in income.

  • 15.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:28 am

    @WP-Forever-5: Agreed! and more susceptible to rain.

  • 16.The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:30 am

    @Transformation-10: Oi :) ***gigglinglikethegirlIam – hysterically***

    That said, it’s a disgrace that a CC final won’t be sold out. Shame on you Durban.

  • 17.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:32 am

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-16: Polluting the Currie Cup like that with your Non-attendance. Guess the rest of Durban picked up on the mass walkout of Puma and co.

  • 18.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:40 am

    @Brigadier Van Zyl-14: then saffas will keep quiet about nz empty stadiums as more people won’t afford to take their families to the stadium and all our players will ply their trade in europe where they have smaller stadium and big sponsorships…

  • 19.The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:40 am

    @Sasuke-17: :) I don’t get these guppies. When I said a few weeks back the CC had lost some of it’s sparkle and relevance, they attacked. They said “it’s only because you haven’t won it for so many years blah blah blah”. Now they are part of a FINALS stay away? Which means the people of Durban either don’t give a sh y te about the CC either, or there aren’t as many guppie fans in Durban as what Puma would like to think ;)

  • 20.skunk: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:40 am

    Dogfood

    Its a joke. We can not pay these prices. I mean a game durin the season would set me back less then this ticket. That like a ticket and 8 litres of beer. They can jump…

  • 21.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:42 am

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-19: They dont care about the currie cup. WP would jump at an oppurtunity to host a final. The people of the cape will be ecstatic!

  • 22.mamma_lou: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:43 am

    @Transformation-10:
    could be sharksGirl :D

  • 23.The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:44 am

    @skunk-20: Surely the Union could cut prices then? If they saw how much they struggled to fill your stadium in the S15 (which they did) with cheaper tickets, what made them think you fellas would suddenly pay this now?

    Then it’s time you folk gave your union stick, serious stick.

  • 24.grant10: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:44 am

    rugby tickets are simply crazy…..farken madness man….

  • 25.Brigadier Van Zyl: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:47 am

    @Transformation-18:

    not exactly sure we are comparing apples with apples.

    nz crowd attendence has been poor for quiet some time add to that the gloss well and truely having left the Currie Cup with this season being the worst yet.

    Basically, I would add our new rugby calender and superrugby format being as to blame for the poor CC turnout as the reccession is. Add the both together and you have a poor turnout for a CC final which is historically a big date in SA’s rugby year.

  • 26.Brigadier Van Zyl: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:53 am

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-23:

    as a business the responsibility is to make money out of the occassion.

    so as a layman explanation……20000people at r350 a pop is still a way better return on 40000 at 150 a pop. Inbetween there is surely an equation that benifits both more.

    But as a business owner myself, i can fully understand why rugby tickets are on the up, whether I like it or not.

  • 27.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:54 am

    @Brigadier Van Zyl-25: Newlands wasn’t packed, Loftus wasn’t packed, FNB wasn’t packed…

    now the Currie Cup final is not going to be sold out…trend?

  • 28.Mr Black: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:58 am

    R350 to see Wp get a PK, worth every rand imo. :)

  • 29.skunk: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 11:58 am

    Well if they moved out of the tank it would help. MM has much better facilities. But that won’t hapn. NRU are a greedy bunch.

  • 30.The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:01 pm

    @Brigadier Van Zyl-26: @Transformation-27: Or is the fact that Lady Gaga will be visiting our shores shortly the REAL reason Guppies aren’t buying Currie Cup tickets?
    (Entertainment budget SHOT for the year….having to travel to either Jhb or CT to see the queen?)

    Don’t be blaming rugby overload and recessions when the real reason guppies aren’t buying has more to do with “Baby, I was born this way…….”

  • 31.Brigadier Van Zyl: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:01 pm

    @Transformation-27:
    yes well, that is exactly my point. It is a culmination of a number of things…the price of tickets is an effect of it and not bydefault the cause in my opinion.

  • 32.Brigadier Van Zyl: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:03 pm

    @skunk-29:

    as are the newlands lot. Cape town stadium lightyears ahead with the potential add bonus of attracting a tourist market wanting to go to a “local rugby match.”

  • 33.The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:04 pm

    @skunk-29: Ditto for us here in the Cape in terms of moving from Newlands to Green Point. I haven’t given up on that dream just yet…although I do understand why the WPRFU are reluctant to start paying rent, after being ‘home owners’.

  • 34.katman: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:05 pm

    Someone’s got to pay for Nkandla.

  • 35.trupisero: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:12 pm

    What’s everyone moaning about?

    Go buy a ticket for a test at Twickers – set you back over £100.

  • 36.Mr Black: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:13 pm

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-30:

    We don’t listen to nonsense like that in KZN, thats a CT thing.

  • 37.skunk: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:13 pm

    Katman.

    Yes you.

  • 38.goodstuff: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:15 pm

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-33: Yup, newlands setup is poor, smokers in the stairwells, wooden toilet seats and **** seats.

    I was not a fan of the move to CPT Stadium, but I think it would be a good move just for comfort sakes. Newlands is just not a comfortable place to visit, no parking, ravenous traffic cops scowering the place to fine spectators that have one tyre on some rich idiot’s lawn etc..

    Province should be allowed to buy a stake in the CPT stadium and have first choice to event schedule!

    Also weather is beater on the open side of the mountain, it always rains first in Rondebosch before anyware else!

  • 39.skunk: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:15 pm

    We should have massive stay aways so the bosses will listen. At the end of the day they are in the business of making US happy. Not themselves…

  • 40.katman: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:17 pm

    @skunk-37: It’s a KZN thing. Keep the solution local.

  • 41.trupisero: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:19 pm

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-30: nah, but the brokebacks will be doing their Britney impersonation with Moer me baby one more time. ;)

  • 42.The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:22 pm

    @Mr Black-36: You are wrong. I have taken to reading some of the posts on the ‘dark side’ since your friends went into exile there. S_L posted a youtube video link to a Lady Gaga music vid on a rugby thread. If that ain’t proof, I dunno what is.

    @goodstuff-38: Sanity has to prevail at some stage, as IMHO, it’s going to happen, the only question is when.

    @skunk-39: Or we should approach Mallet to fight ticket prices on our behalf. Something has to give.

  • 43.mxhosa: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:35 pm

    And people went on strike when they increased soccer tickets from R20 to R40…

  • 44.skunk: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 12:52 pm

    Mxhosa. They complain when the England game was 80 bucks. I have never laughed so much.

  • 45.Mr Black: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 13:02 pm

    @The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-42:

    Where is SL’s place of residence? :wink:

    I rest my case.

  • 46.wp. winning nothing never looked so easy: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 13:06 pm

    so the consensus is that the wp are a much better union than the sharks because of the attendance at the stadium?

    :lol:

    reaching squelaing little bwokerbacks you make me laugh.

    why pay R350 to sit in the rain and watch the sharks squash a second rate team?

    now if it was the bulls?

    sellout guaranteed.

  • 47.wp. winning nothing never looked so easy: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 13:13 pm

    are wp becomming the liverpool of south african rugby?

    liverpool also attract sell-out crowds.

    but there is just something missing at seasons end…

  • 48.wp. winning nothing never looked so easy: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 13:15 pm

    its quiet here on the western front.

    the workers having lunch?

    wp fans heading for computicket and mango sites?

    cmon wpians, fill up the tank for us. we would love to use your cash to buy the next crop of superstars.

  • 49.numba4lock: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 14:56 pm

    its tough, on the one hand ticket prices are aparently the same as the 2010 final, thats what i read on the sharks website

    and on the other hand we’re in the middle of a recession

  • 50.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    25 Oct 2012, 15:22 pm

    @mxhosa-43: how do the PSL clubs make money if the tickets only cost 40 rand?

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