NFL game in London sells 40,000 tickets

[flea]

NFL game in London sells 40,000 tickets


LONDON - The first regular season NFL game outside North America is shaping up as a hot ticket.

The first 40,000 tickets for the Oct. 28 game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants at the new Wembley Stadium sold in 90 minutes Wednesday.
"The speed in which such a large number of tickets were snapped up ... demonstrates the great excitement and appetite for the game in this country," said Alistair Kirkwood, managing director of NFL UK. "We know that the last few tickets available in this first batch will be gone very soon."
The first batch of tickets went to fans in Britain and the rest of Europe selected randomly from registered ticket requests.
Sales in the United States to Giants and Dolphins fans are expected to begin within a week. Further tickets will be released to fans in Britain next month.
About 10,000 fans are expected to travel from the United States, a fraction of the anticipated sellout crowd of 90,000.
Prices range from about US$90 (euro66.50) to US$180 (euro133), using a pricing structure similar to this weekend's FA Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea.

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i didn't get tickets xbawlingx

[slycat]

dang and its not even good teams. id rather see the man u game there though.

[Fresno St. Alum]

90,000 will be a lot of people cheering for PAT's and field goals like never before.

[th0m]

Yeah I would've liked to go as well, but unfortunately no dice :(

[Ivytalk]

How many of them will be soccer hooligans?xconfusedx ;)

[patssle]

they hate America but love our products xlolx

[flea]

How many of them will be soccer hooligans?xconfusedx ;)


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Soccer hooligans don't have the brain cells to follow football

[slycat]

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Soccer hooligans don't have the brain cells to follow football

or the patience to sit through all the timeouts and dead time between plays.

[flea]

or the patience to sit through all the timeouts and dead time between plays.


Indeed.

[PantherRob82]

Great start.

[BigApp]

or the patience to sit through all the timeouts and dead time between plays.

soccer doesn't have dead time??xconfusedx

[flea]

not compared to football.

[GannonFan]

not compared to football.


Depends on the game, there are plenty of soccer games that lack action for most of the game. Just because there aren't tv timeouts and such doesn't mean the game is enthralling. Some sides play a decidedly unattractive version of soccer.

[flea]

true but it's not exactly dead time. Nothing exciting might be happening but the ball is on the move

[th0m]

they hate America but love our products xlolx

I know that us Europeans usually stereotype you guys as much as you do us, but please know that not all Europeans hate the US.

[slycat]

soccer doesn't have dead time??xconfusedx

im a fan of both but atleast soccer keeps the game going the whole time.

[GannonFan]

true but it's not exactly dead time. Nothing exciting might be happening but the ball is on the move


I actually think that's a detriment - there's a lot of actual wasted game time doing much of nothing. Goal kicks tend to be pretty non-exciting, sometimes throw-ins take forever, and there's often a lot of midfield play that just never looks like anything is developing. And then of course the "injuries" along with the stretchers. There is a fair amount of wasted time even in soccer. You do get a game sometimes when both sides play some real exciting soccer, but you also get a lot of bad soccer as well. And unfortunately, sometimes the worst soccer you see is national soccer.

[th0m]

I don't really like soccer, but I do enjoy watching the World and European Cups (and then obviously my beloved Oranje). The fanaticism is just immense.

[flea]

I actually think that's a detriment - there's a lot of actual wasted game time doing much of nothing. Goal kicks tend to be pretty non-exciting, sometimes throw-ins take forever, and there's often a lot of midfield play that just never looks like anything is developing. And then of course the "injuries" along with the stretchers. There is a fair amount of wasted time even in soccer. You do get a game sometimes when both sides play some real exciting soccer, but you also get a lot of bad soccer as well. And unfortunately, sometimes the worst soccer you see is national soccer.


Might look like nothings happening but they are starting the build-up. Agree on the nationl point. Remember seeing a European championship game between Germany & Austria where both teams needed a draw to qualify from the group & they boyth played for the draw. It was more than boring it was a disgrace & both teams should have been kicked out, they didn't even try