Asian Cup ticket sales soar as Socceroos head to final

PUBLISHED: 9 hours 21 MINUTES AGO | UPDATE: 9 hours 21 MINUTES AGO


The Asian Cup will deliver a $5 million to $10 million surplus for the local organising committee after a surge in ticket sales.

http://www.afr.com/p/national/asian_cup_ticket_sales_soar_as_socceroos_CQqZ547gPTbKPWgG33YajP

Plus winning bonus. Plus international accreditations for years to come.

Yep, definitely kick us out, the AFC will hate this.

More importantly, I hope this convinces state governments here finally that football delivers, and they'll bid for this again next chance we get.

the wasting money on world cup bid arguement we see the afl throw up every now and then is now invalid now that we see what we were bidding for.

Hope SA and WA were taking notes

Sorry for you Adelaide guys. Would've loved to see some action at Hindmarsh. Love the place.

does the a league get any of this money? Itd be nice if it was reinvested either in player salaries or youth development

a 24 team tournament will have 20 more games than AC 2015 if there is a round of 16, so the 5 venues this time will increase to at least 7 or 8 in future you would think

if Oz was to host again in 2023 or 2027 you wold hope there might be flexibility to have venues such as SFS and AAMI to hold lower attendance matches and Stadium Australia and Etihad/MCG hold Oz matches and Knockout matches

yeh nah mate

For the biggest games, MCG is the best stadium in the country.

Amazing atmosphere, 100,000 people, it doesn't get any bigger.

While the views are horrible compared to a rectangular stadium, it's still decent.

And after being to Stadium Australia last night, the views there are not much better. With the exception of Level 1, the rest of the stadium is in the oval figuration. And even on Level 1 at Stadium Australia, you got the long ass ends because of the rugby.


Edited by axelv: 1/2/2015 07:27:03 PM

WA 100% won't be paying for any games until the new dual purpose stadium (read AFL) is finished. Word is though that they've agreed to bid on games in the future if thrown a few freebies before then. No idea on the truth of this though. I guess we'll see if Perth ends up with a minor qualifying game next WC campaign.

A major problem with Perth is of course is the time difference. Given that qualifiers are played on week nights this is a major issue. Look how the FFA treated them for the cup and recently with hot weather. Play for East Coast viewers. They can hope for a weekend friendly perhaps.

If you can't beat em join em'. Always fucking loved that expression

:-"

Don't hold your breath ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)

And SA government is so far up the AFL /SACAs backside it can see the other end

Face it we won't get fruck all...

Which one is it? Horrible or decent?



Timezone not as much of an issue in winter where the games can kick-off at 6:30pm in the west and still be primetime for the east coast. Plus with the AFC having more of an input into schedules they would prefer the later starts so maybe even a 7pm WST/9pm EST would be acceptable.

Also no heat issues in winter, and usually the conditions will be drier than on the east.

Edited by that_dood: 3/2/2015 04:13:28 PM

Rumours are we australia will be hosting the qualification stages of our world cup route. Adelaide and perth head the favoured cities.