I've split the ticketing talk from the other thread until we have confirmation whether the game is sold out or at least confirmed as all ticketed.
From the Ticketek site....AFL MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE:
Due to the high demand for the Richmond vs Carlton match on Thu 26 Mar, the guest entitlement for AFL Members has been reduced to 1 guest pass per member.
MCC MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE:
Visitor tickets for the Richmond vs Carlton match on Thu 26 Mar have sold out. Members may still purchase reserved seat tickets for themselves for this event.
General public allocation exhausted
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=RICHM0109from a poster on the main board of Bigfooty...I believe when Ticketek say it's sold out that's a bit misleading (so if your a tiger fan you may still have hope at getting to this one). Basically the MCG has 3 sections, MCC,AFL and GA. MCC and AFL are each 23k, GA is about 55k. AFL sold out (may be 500-2000 restricted viewing or standing room still to be released though for AFL members), MCC (can't be sold out, visitors tickets and the 4k odd reserved seats can be sold out, but there are 19k seats for walk up MCC members and their guests).
AFL and GA appear to be sold out at this stage. When I say appear ticketek/ticketmaster normally release sections of seats at a time, so while it's sold out, there are probably 3-5k GA seats (most restricted viewing) that will be released close to or on game day. If you're a Richmond member (non-reserved seat) if you get to the G early (walk-up) you may get lucky if they have just released seats/standing room and you could get in (ie Hawks vs Geelong and Hawks vs Carlton last year both sold out well in advance but I know a couple of members that got there early without a ticket and still scanned their Hawks membership and got in) but unless you have a reserved seat (ie the match is fully ticket) I imagine your chances of getting in are 50/50 at best.
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=552335&page=5
