Number of people trying for Hong Kong Sevens tickets plummets
Some 21,673 people applied for the 3,000 tickets available for each day of the three-day event at the 40,000-seat Hong Kong Stadium, the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union said as it completed the allocation ballot.
The number of applications for the handful of public tickets on offer for the Hong Kong Sevens has plunged by more than 50 per cent year on year after the latest cut in the allocation.
Some 21,673 people applied for the 3,000 tickets available for each day of the three-day event at the 40,000-seat Hong Kong Stadium, the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union said yesterday as it completed the allocation ballot.
Last year, 50,000 applications were received for 4,000 three-day passes. Some 5,000 passes were available in 2011.
The union this year offered tickets for individual days, rather than all three, in the hope more members of the public would have the chance to catch some of the action along with the sponsors, rugby club members and international visitors who will make up the bulk of the crowd for the March 28-30 tournament.
But the majority of applicants sought the maximum two tickets for each of the three days, generating 111,457 individual requests for the 9,000 tickets available.
The union said that left eight out of every 100 applicants with the chance to watch the tournament, about the same proportion as last year, although applicants were not guaranteed tickets for all three days.