15 Sep 05

Super Test tickets hard to get

I don’t mean for this to become a sports blog, but it’s the main topic of conversation in Australia at the moment, apart from Telstra, which has been done to death. Footy finals and the Ashes are a powerful combination and great conversation starters.

This entry is simply to state that I will be attending at least two days of the Super Test between Australia and the Rest of the World at Sydney starting on October 14.

I bought flights and paid for accommodation long ago.

I’ve been looking at the Australian cricket web site regularly to find out when match tickets go on sale.

Last week I read in the paper how this year’s Ashes series has already boosted ticket sales for the season ahead. What’s this? Have tickets already gone on sale for the Super Test?

I went to the Ticketek web site on spec and found that’s the case. I didn’t book online, because I know where I want to sit, and the web service doesn’t give you that choice.

I rang the toll-free number and listened to pleasant music for 20 minutes before getting through. The young lady was helpful in my effort to buy “gold” seats in the Bradman Stand for $80 each, but to no avail. They were all sold. What about the Brewongle Stand, or the Noble Stand? No go. In fact, all the gold seats were sold for the first three days!

I either had to drop back to a $60 seat at ground level with a side-on view, or upgrade to platinum seats at $125. I did the latter, but due to cost I scaled back to two days instead of three. I’ll either get general admission for the third day, reschedule my flight home (if possible) or wander Sydney for the day.

These articles might be of interest:

• Commonwealth Games tickets
• Australia v The World
• World Cup #2

Tags: Australia, blog, cricket, list, music, PR, Sport, Telstra, world

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