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minus-squareNathOPMAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago59,155 - they put the attendance up on the big screen. That just annoys me - that means there were about 1,000 empty seats.
minus-squareIlandarlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoIt was sold out, so presumably some just couldn’t make it.
minus-squareNathOPMAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI put it more down to corporate sponsors etc being allocated free tickets they didn’t care about. For other sold out events like big AFL games, those tickets would find a home. I’m just assuming people are wasting them without proof.
I think it was a record 50k+ crowd
59,155 - they put the attendance up on the big screen. That just annoys me - that means there were about 1,000 empty seats.
It was sold out, so presumably some just couldn’t make it.
I put it more down to corporate sponsors etc being allocated free tickets they didn’t care about. For other sold out events like big AFL games, those tickets would find a home. I’m just assuming people are wasting them without proof.