TICKET-BUYING Sevens fans will be deprived of several thousand prime lower-tier seats at the new stadium if managers Wembley International refuse to release their 50 middle-tier suites for the Hongkong tournament.
Although nothing has been finalised, it is believed Wembley will not allow the Hongkong Rugby Football Union to take over the permanent executive suites for their regular Sevens patrons.
Instead, the Union's 100-odd sponsors will be forced to occupy temporary boxes on the lower concourse.
That means almost half the capacity of the 10,000-seat lower area will be taken up by corporate boxes.
For safety reasons, temporary boxes cannot be built in any other part of the stadium.
This means the vast majority of paying customers will be forced to watch the two-day spectacular from either the upper tier or behind the goals.
