AFL fans have vented their frustration after the website used to purchase tickets crashed within hours of them going on sale.
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Many fans were left fuming and without a ticket to Saturday's blockbuster preliminary final.
Stream them all for free on The price of tickets from Brisbane to Melbourne also skyrocketed with Queenslanders facing a minimum of $1000 for the return trip. As well as the two AFL finals, tickets to the [AFL](https://7news.com.au/sport/afl) preliminary finals, which will see [Geelong](https://7news.com.au/sport/geelong-cats) and [Brisbane](https://7news.com.au/sport/brisbane-lions) do battle at the MCG on Friday night followed by the Swans-Pies clash at the SCG on Saturday afternoon. Tickets for club members of all four clubs went on sale from 10am AEST, with AFL members given access from 12pm before the general public seats from 3pm. [Sydney Swans](https://7news.com.au/sport/sydney-swans) and [Collingwood](https://7news.com.au/sport/collingwood-magpies) is officially sold out with fans slamming Ticketek after the website crashed.
The annual September event, 'Ticketek has crashed' was in full swing today, leaving footy fanatics and concert goers frustrated with extensive wait times.
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The AFL on Monday morning confirmed the ticketing release information for the two preliminary finals, which will see Geelong host Brisbane at the MCG on Friday ...
The SCG holds 48,000 fans, so only 28,0000 tickets are available for club members. “Inside and outside the ground. AFL members for the Cats-Lions MCG prelim will be able to purchase tickets from midday. Tickets to Saturday night’s preliminary final at the SCG, as well as flights to Sydney, have been the hottest — and most expensive — items in town, especially for Melbourne-based Collingwood fans. As well as the two AFL finals, tickets to NRL finals and country singer Luke Combs’ concert also went on sale at a similar time. The AFL on Monday morning confirmed the ticketing release information for the two preliminary finals, which will see Geelong host Brisbane at the MCG on Friday September 16 followed by the Sydney Swans and Collingwood clash at the SCG on Saturday September 17.
Victorian supporters wanting to see the preliminary final at the SCG could be on the hook for upwards of $1000 in flights, with one-way Melbourne-to-Sydney ...
In time, the fan association says it wants half the grand final tickets (25,000 each club) made available to members of the teams playing on the day. Collingwood and Sydney members snapped up all 28,000 of the tickets they had been allocated for the game, which is expected to attract at least 46,000. So, the fans are desperate to see their teams play in finals.” [Marta Pascual Juanola](/by/marta-pascual-juanola-h1ep4c)is a crime reporter at The Age.Connect via [Rachael Dexter](/by/rachael-dexter-h01q8v)is a City reporter for The Age, previously with The Sunday Age. [Sign up for the Real Footy newsletter](https://www.theage.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p56jp7). The kids think we should put the adults in one hat and them in the other and draw one from each. The price of tickets from Brisbane to Melbourne also soared before the Lions take on Geelong at the MCG on Friday. The games coincide with the start of the Victorian school holidays, which often leads to a surge in pricing as families travel interstate and overseas. At 4.30pm, the cheapest airfares available were with Jetstar: $534 from Melbourne to Sydney on Saturday and $279 returning on Sunday. By 3.39pm, the AFL tweeted that tickets had been exhausted. Queenslanders wanting to attend the game could pay up to $922 to fly into Melbourne on Qantas. I have got them as cheap as $200 before,” she said.
The AFL and NRL finals are thrown into chaos, with tens of thousands of fans unable to purchase tickets after the Ticketek website crashed.
The supporter tickets for all four clubs in action in this week's NRL semifinals have also been exhausted. A high demand for tickets for the two NRL semifinals, the AFL preliminary finals and country singer Luke Combs's upcoming tour, which all went on sale at 10am Monday morning, left many fans locked out after queuing on the site for hours. The AFL and NRL finals have been thrown into chaos, with tens of thousands of fans unable to purchase tickets after the Ticketek website crashed.
AFL fans have blown up after the website used to purchase tickets crashed, while SCG members are fuming about having to pay $20 for finals tickets for the ...
[@scg]members need to buy a ticket for the prelim ($20) - 1 ticket per membership - no SCG cards in use for the game. That’s pretty disappointing given membership is already an expensive hobby.” “Hey @Ticketek you have one job and that’s to sell tickets. “So as I read it SCG members need to buy a ticket for the prelim ($20) — one ticket per membership — no SCG cards in use for the game. AFL fans have blown up after the website used to purchase tickets crashed, while SCG members are fuming about having to pay $20 for finals tickets for the first time ever. AFL fans are fuming after the website used to purchase tickets crashed, while SCG members have been forced to pay $20 for the first time.
Tickets to both preliminary finals were going on sale on Monday through Ticketek, first to club members at 10am, then to AFL members at noon, and later to the general public at 3pm. Advertisement. A Qantas spokesman said Lions and Collingwood fans had ...
In time, the fan association says it wants half the grand final tickets (25,000 each club) made available to members of the teams playing on the day. Collingwood and Sydney members snapped up all 28,000 of the tickets they had been allocated for the game, which is expected to attract at least 46,000. So, the fans are desperate to see their teams play in finals.” [Marta Pascual Juanola](/by/marta-pascual-juanola-h1ep4c)is a crime reporter at The Age.Connect via [Rachael Dexter](/by/rachael-dexter-h01q8v)is a City reporter for The Age, previously with The Sunday Age. [Sign up for the Real Footy newsletter](https://www.theage.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p56jp7). The kids think we should put the adults in one hat and them in the other and draw one from each. The price of tickets from Brisbane to Melbourne also soared before the Lions take on Geelong at the MCG on Friday. The games coincide with the start of the Victorian school holidays, which often leads to a surge in pricing as families travel interstate and overseas. At 4.30pm, the cheapest airfares available were with Jetstar: $534 from Melbourne to Sydney on Saturday and $279 returning on Sunday. By 3.39pm, the AFL tweeted that tickets had been exhausted. Queenslanders wanting to attend the game could pay up to $922 to fly into Melbourne on Qantas. I have got them as cheap as $200 before,” she said.
AFL fans are fuming after the website used to purchase tickets crashed, while SCG members have been forced to pay $20 for the first time.
“Hey @Ticketek you have one job and that’s to sell tickets. That’s pretty disappointing given membership is already an expensive hobby.” My job is not to buy tickets and I have another job so I can’t spend all day waiting for you to figure out how to sell tickets to an event,” Heath Franklin wrote on Twitter.
The annual September event, 'Ticketek has crashed' was in full swing today, leaving footy fanatics and concertgoers frustrated with extensive wait times.
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