Istanbul travel and ticket information

[Nunkin1965]

Ridiculous venue for a European final anyway.
What was our allocation? 11,000?

I think so.  Begs the question why they're playing it at the 4th largest stadium in Istanbul.

Oh and a mention in dispatches to those who got an opportunity of a lifetime, won the ballot and made a vast profit on selling tickets on.
Not that important a game was it?

[PeterWithesShin]

CL final is held at a ground with a 67k capacity and both clubs get fewer than 17k tickets. The biggest issue is half the capacity going to other avenues which are the tickets hitting resale.

[Dogtanian]

CL final is held at a ground with a 67k capacity and both clubs get fewer than 17k tickets. The biggest issue is half the capacity going to other avenues which are the tickets hitting resale.

Once again UEFA and their mates with both trotters in the trough.

They know what they're doing, and they know where most tickets will end up.

[frank black]

Ridiculous venue for a European final anyway.
What was our allocation? 11,000?

I think so.  Begs the question why they're playing it at the 4th largest stadium in Istanbul.

Oh and a mention in dispatches to those who got an opportunity of a lifetime, won the ballot and made a vast profit on selling tickets on.
Not that important a game was it?

It’s UEFA and touts.

If you won a ballot (single ticket) then you can’t transfer this to someone else. So by default those selling have more than one ticket on their account.

If as a fan, you win the ballot with Villa. You will only be able to sell it back to UEFA at cost price, minus a fee no doubt (as you can’t transfer). UEFA then list it on their resale site for an inflated price, where they are immediately snapped up by resellers “bots”. These are the tickets you are seeing on Ticombo etc….

The only profit is made by UEFA and the touts.

[Somniloquism]

CL final is held at a ground with a 67k capacity and both clubs get fewer than 17k tickets. The biggest issue is half the capacity going to other avenues which are the tickets hitting resale.

Although with the increase in tickets hitting the resellers the last few days, I expect some are from Villa fans as well.

[frank black]

I’ve been trying the UEFA resale site, as tickets are popping up occasionally. I’m pretty quick, but they are being sold in milliseconds. Humans don’t stand a chance