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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Jan 31 2009, 06:52 PM)
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the terraces were seated for that match, so it was only 5k off capacity.[/b]
The terraces were only seated at the last minute because nobody was buying tickets! By putting bucket seats in place for the match it made the ground look a bit less empty.
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Had that match been played in the UK the crowd wouldn't have been any bigger.[/b]
In 2005 two French teams contested the final, this time in Murrayfield. The attendance? 51,326. Nowhere near capacity but still 23,000 more than turned up at Lansdowne Rd two years previously.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heineken_Cup_finals
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There will be a final in Dublin in the next few years, if we were gonna go by the logic of maximising revenue the final would never be played outside of Twickenham, which is never gonna happen.[/b]
The difference between an 82,000 capacity Twickenham and a 74,500 capacity Millenium isn't all that large. The gaps between these stadia and Lansdowne Rd is significant. Murrayfield has a capacity of 67,500. A full house at Murrayfield would generate approximately â'¬1,400,000 more than a full house at Lansdowne Rd (based on an average price of â'¬80 per ticket). In my opinion that's a significant factor given the current economic climate.
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It was only after the final of 2003 that they changed the ticketing policy for the final, they started selling tickets in clumps of 5000 at various points throughout the season, there was nothing like that in place for the finals prior to that, so you won't get the same happening in a future Dublin final even if there are 2 French teams involved
