Round 3 at the Gabba

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  • annew
    Senior Player
    • Mar 2006
    • 2164

    Round 3 at the Gabba

    Can anyone tell me what the difference is between booking tickets through the Swans and ordering directly on line through Ticketek for the game at the Gabba.
  • Jewels
    On the Rookie List
    • Oct 2006
    • 3258

    #2
    Originally posted by annew
    Can anyone tell me what the difference is between booking tickets through the Swans and ordering directly on line through Ticketek for the game at the Gabba.
    When booking thru the club, all Swans members are seated together as the tickets are purchased by the club in one group. Thru Ticketek you could be sitting surrounded by Lions supporters.

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    • annew
      Senior Player
      • Mar 2006
      • 2164

      #3
      Does anyone know what area at the Gabba these tickets are. It appears as though you have to purchase blindly with no idea where your seat is whereas if you purchase through Ticketek when they go on sale you at least know what your seat is prior to paying. I would at least like to know where my seat is before I purchase it.

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      • Cheer Squad
        Sydney Swans
        • Apr 2007
        • 1948

        #4
        Originally posted by annew
        Does anyone know what area at the Gabba these tickets are. It appears as though you have to purchase blindly with no idea where your seat is whereas if you purchase through Ticketek when they go on sale you at least know what your seat is prior to paying. I would at least like to know where my seat is before I purchase it.
        If you book through the club, you'll be seated somewhere in one of the ground level bays with other Swans members.

        Last year I booked through Ticketek and sat in section 54 (upstairs) and had a great seat, especially as I was surrounded by plenty of Swans supporters. One of the Lions supporters present complained it was like being at a Sydney home game!

        Here's the Gabba map for you.

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        • Primmy
          Proud Tragic Swan
          • Apr 2008
          • 5970

          #5
          I ONCE made the mistake of booking via ticketec for an MCG game against Collingwood. My seat was on the aisle. On the other side of the aisle was the Collingwood cheer squad. Get your ticket through the Swans.......shudder.......
          If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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          • liz
            Veteran
            Site Admin
            • Jan 2003
            • 16795

            #6
            A couple of years ago I bought a ticket through the club for the Gabba and, as others have said, I was seated in a midst of Swans fans at ground level. I much prefer watching from an elevation and the stands looked half empty, so at half-time I decided to see if anyone would question me wandering upstairs to a stand. And they didn't. Unlike the SCG where access to the stands is fiercely guarded.

            So I got to watch the second half from the back of a stand with load of space and very few Brisbane fans around, unlike the very cramped conditions of the sardine-like ground level seats.

            If I go up this year I'll just buy a ticket myself through Ticketek (or Master, or whichever it is).

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            • JF_Bay22_SCG
              expat Sydneysider
              • Jan 2003
              • 3978

              #7
              Originally posted by annew
              Does anyone know what area at the Gabba these tickets are. It appears as though you have to purchase blindly with no idea where your seat is whereas if you purchase through Ticketek when they go on sale you at least know what your seat is prior to paying. I would at least like to know where my seat is before I purchase it.
              Normally the allocation the club gets (which is seperate to the Queensland Supporters Club/Cheer Squad Allocation behind the goals) is on Level 1 on the half forward line towards the Lions goals. I sat there once in 2003 or 4 I think. Not bad seats. Right near the players' race as well.

              Generally thought Lions fans are OK to sit amongst. They are pretty ho hum when they play us these days & haven't seen them win in years (even despite their premierships). They can go a bit feral at night when the turps hits them. But all in all thee is NO BETTER place in the country to watch the football than the Gabba in my view!

              Otherwise ask for seats with us in the CS (no grog at your seat, but we can sneak off for a quick one at half time up the back). Grab a flag or sign & get amongst it.

              JF
              "Never ever ever state that Sydney is gone.They are like cockroaches in the aftermath of a nuclear war"
              (Forum poster 'Change', Big Footy 04Apr09)

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              • stellation
                scott names the planets
                • Sep 2003
                • 9723

                #8
                We've just bought tickets through ticketek when going up there, the Gabba's a nice ground and the Lions fans all seemed perfectly fine to sit with.
                I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                • EMJ
                  Go Swans Always
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 1076

                  #9
                  Seven of us going up for the game. Five from Sydney and two friends from Brisbane.

                  Very much looking forward to it and appreciate the map of the ground it helps us out a lot.

                  As it is a long time since I have been to Brisbane it is good to know where the seats will be once we receive the tickets. i booked through the club.
                  Love those Swans

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