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Will be interesting to see what the attandance is for the GP.I see on the Veltins Arena site that there are already 30,000 tickets sold for the stock cars a week later and 33,000 tickets for the Biathlon WTC in December :unsure:

 

http://www.veltins-arena.de/

I hear there will be a lot of Crump and Adams fans there that night as they have no interest anymore in a certain Rugby semi final now :D:D:D

 

Does the world service cover sports commentary?? :D

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Will be interesting to see what the attandance is for the GP.I see on the Veltins Arena site that there are already 30,000 tickets sold for the stock cars a week later and 33,000 tickets for the Biathlon WTC in December :unsure:

 

http://www.veltins-arena.de/

 

15,000

 

I'm a little rusty with my German, but according to this,

that is all that has been sold so far.

 

Embarrassingly, it's going to appear a lot less in such a large stadium.

 

Clearly the prospect of seeing 'Right Said Fred' has deterred tens of thousands from going.

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Looks like Schalke are playing at the moment, wonder what the refresh rate is on the webcam.

 

Just got in a short while ago (nearly 3am). I promise i am sober, but where has the football pitch gone?.

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Looks like Schalke are playing at the moment, wonder what the refresh rate is on the webcam.

 

They lost 2-0 to Karlschule (sp?).

 

15,000

 

Embarrassingly, it's going to appear a lot less in such a large stadium.

 

I was told by a German footie fan if they tagged the event 'presented by Schalke FC', it would see a sell-out.

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15,000

 

I'm a little rusty with my German, but according to this,

that is all that has been sold so far.

 

Embarrassingly, it's going to appear a lot less in such a large stadium.

 

Clearly the prospect of seeing 'Right Said Fred' has deterred tens of thousands from going.

Right Said Fred is the only reason Im going - Its my daughters birthday and she said she wanted to go to see a band on her day so we chose this. :D

We may hang around for the speedway as well!!! :D

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In fairness, a few more might take a punt on the day, but has there been anything in the way of local promotion? At the few GPs I've been to, you could be in town and be completely unaware that anything was going on. :unsure:

 

Obviously, there will indeed be more on the day. However, it's clearly a poor base to start from.

 

Also, the very first thought that came into my mind was the stunning lack of (effective) local promotion at all GP's over the years. That along with the pricing of the tickets always scythes the indigenous attendance. The Prague GP in particular, is seen as an annual strange 'circus' rolling into town with it's accompanying crowd consisting of 90% non-locals.

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In fairness, a few more might take a punt on the day, but has there been anything in the way of local promotion? At the few GPs I've been to, you could be in town and be completely unaware that anything was going on. :unsure:

 

 

Obviously, there will indeed be more on the day. However, it's clearly a poor base to start from.

 

Also, the very first thought that came into my mind was the stunning lack of (effective) local promotion at all GP's over the years. That along with the pricing of the tickets always scythes the indigenous attendance. The Prague GP in particular, is seen as an annual strange 'circus' rolling into town with it's accompanying crowd consisting of 90% non-locals.

 

 

Ironically, Prague is the only place I've actually witnessed promotion in the town/city centre prior to a meeting!

 

Presumably then the reason for the low percentage of local residents in attendance must be the level of ticket prices against the local wage levels?

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Ironically, Prague is the only place I've actually witnessed promotion in the town/city centre prior to a meeting!

 

Wrong, Bydgoszcz, Wroclaw, Sydney (Oops, you didn't go there :wink::approve: ), must not forget the M4 advertises the park and ride for the Cardiff GP.

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Problem is that it's the wrong side of Germany for the Poles to get to easily.

 

But it'll still be a bigger crowd than Eskilstuna, Prague, Krsko, Daugavpils, Malilla, Lonigo ....

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