Hot Tigers, Saints set for Friday sellout Mark Stevens
From: Herald Sun
May 29, 2012 THE St Kilda-Richmond Friday night blockbuster at Etihad Stadium is destined to be a sellout, with the AFL urging fans to snap up tickets in coming days.
AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan last night said: "I think it will be a sellout, but it will only be late in the piece."
As it is a Saints home game, priority will be given to the club's reserved-seat holders, meaning Tigers fans are more likely to be squeezed out in one of the most anticipated matches of the year.
The game might have attracted 60,000-plus at the MCG given Richmond's resurgence. However, McLachlan said the interest in the game was impossible to read when the fixture was formulated.
"Now we've got a cracker," McLachlan said.
"Obviously, you don't want anybody missing out, but it's also great to have a game here at Etihad with an extraordinary atmosphere."
The best-case scenario is likely to be a sellout of about 50,000.
McLachlan said the game was far from a Tigers lock-out. He said: "The reality is, people can buy a ticket now, tomorrow and on Wednesday," McLachlan said.
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