Tickets for the Vodacom Super 14 semi-final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on 22 May 2010 has been sold out.
The residents of Soweto will welcome the Bulls with open arms
The tickets for the public were available at Computicket from 09h00 this morning, but sold out in hours.
Tickets not taken up by season ticket holders by Tuesday 18 May at 16:00 will be released to the public and an announcement in this regard will be communicated as soon as possible.
Brilliant knew it would be. Read some where else that it wont be 🙄
Go Bulls. Enjoy it the Bulls supporters.
Going to be very interesting to be on the grounds I reckon…
An experience…
Orlando gaan blouer as Loftus wees
I hope its a cracker,good luck Bully boys 🙂
We are marching to Soweto,
Soweto,
We are marching to Soweto,
Soweto, here we come…
I cant wait for this game…and cant wait to be on orlando myself for the FINAL…i hope….:-)
GBS, So then some season ticket holders have not bought there seats yet. Seems though the people that don’t have a season ticket got in very early. So suppose if the season ticket holders don’t buy their seats it will be all sold out proper by Wedneday morning. If there was a rush to get tickets for the ones that never had season tickets there will be plenty to buy the season ticket holders seats.
Part of a article in The Sowetan
The stadium itself is hi-tech, with state-of- the-art equipment. So what can Bulls supporters expect on Saturday which, for many, will be their first trip to Soweto?
“What they are going to find is certainly not what they were expecting. There is still a perception that Orlando Stadium is some dilapidated little stadium in Soweto.
“What we have, though, is a First World stadium built to Fifa specifications and a brilliant pitch that can compete with any stadium in the country. Even the Bulls guys say it is better than Loftus.
“The Bulls supporters will be bringing atmosphere with them but you can feel the soul inside this stadium.
“We will be bringing together 70 years of soccer history on this particular site, combined with more than 100 years of rugby tradition – putting them together and making history on that day.
“The residents of Soweto will welcome the Bulls with open arms… communities will fly flags on that day… I believe Orlando East will be blue.”
“I don’t know anything about rugby and I have never attended their matches, but I will be the first person at the stadium on Saturday,” said Thabo Nkosi of Mapetla.
So why does Grobbelaar think the Bulls chose Orlando Stadium for their semifinal and hopefully final matches?
“They had the choice of three stadiums and Barend van Graan (Blue Bulls CEO) said this was the best deal,” he said.
Does he think there was any sentiment in the choice?
“At the end of the day it’s always a financial decision,” Grobbelaar says matter of factly.
Which is why this will probably be the first and last time a Super 14 semifinal or final will be played at this particular stadium.
It all comes down to numbers. Orlando Stadium can only seat 40000 spectators, whereas somewhere like Soccer City can comfortably seat 98000, which means more than double the gate takings.
As he says, it’s a financial decision, but if Grobbelaar has his way, it certainly won’t be the last time big-time rugby is played in Soweto.
“This stadium lends itself to Vodacom Cup games, the Boks playing smaller rugby-playing nations, warm-up fixtures for next year’s Super 14. In fact, I’m convinced that this will be the first of many rugby games in Soweto and the Springboks will play an international here within the next year,” he enthuses.
Now, that would really be something.
The Bulls, defending Super 14 champions and arguably the best provincial team in world rugby, will be at Orlando Stadium tomorrow at 11.30am preparing for their semifinal showdown with the Crusaders, and the training session is open to the public, free of charge.
8 – Super, Sounds good. Pleased about this. Think Bulls playing at Orlando will give Bulls more motivation to win.
Go Bulls good luck for Saturday. What a historic moment playing in Soweto. Bulls first rugby franchise to do so.
Okay finally off to bed. Catch up here on RT tomorrow if I have time. Going to be a busy day.
@ 8
Who is this Grobbelaar ?
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