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Ground Watch
- Thread starter Athlai
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Socerer 01
International Captain
as opposed to famously rich Australia which sold out all of their neutral matches in a shorter format world cup?
Shady Slim
International Coach
i am not agreeing with the post i even said it's super racist in my post i'm just saying i'm seeing people bitching and whinging about the stadium thing both here and on facebook etc and asking what's the story why the tone man lol
Socerer 01
International Captain
sorry man this topic has been too annoying to follow recently shouldn’t have been rude
ataraxia
International Coach
The obscure-vocab trophy is on its way!
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
A combination of bad organisation and corruption (?) means that piss all people watched the first game of the World Cup at the ground, which obviously looks pretty bad if you want people to care about your tournament.
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The name and ridiculous size of said ground are also contributing factors IMO.
Shady Slim
International Coach
all good and no problem, i imagine if the quality of discussion here (as evidenced by this thread's first page) is kind of in the gutter, then around on other sites is even worse (backed up by that facebook post that i saw), seems a lot of people are using it to clown on indian people writ large and backdoor in some pretty not cool racisms?
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah I don't know what the real attendance was but it might've been better to have it at a smaller venue?
Socerer 01
International Captain
there are many reasons, some of the main ones being
Ahmedabad is not at the level of other big cities for interest in sports events as there is not a big cricket culture there
the tickets sales process were **** and a large amount of tickets were also not sold to the public plus the usual scalpers
live stadium experience in India is **** and very less steps have been taken to erase that, you cant even take many things inside the stadium because of security reasons and the 96 semi final riot. there is no e-ticket, you have to go to the stadium before the match or on the match day and show proof of purchase to get your ticket and then only you are allowed in
since they announced the match schedules very late many foreigners couldn’t plan properly to attend matches
the weather, it was 36-37 degrees yesterday with sunshine and large part of the population cant afford to take a holiday to attend matches with all of these above reasons when they live paycheck to paycheck
many of these could have been avoided if bcci and icc did their jobs better
U guys too much lmao
Regarding the opening game
Yes Bcci messed up by announcing the schedule late and in turn ticket sales were late too so it's not easy for foreigners
Also the match start was 2pm , peak afternoon , on a working day too
In the evening there was easily 35-45k attendance , but it looks like the ground is empty as the capacity is 130,000. That much crowd would have filled England stadiums fully and would look nice.
Today in Ned vs Pak game
1st it's supposed to be a 1 sided affair that most of people wouldn't be interested to watch
2nd Pakistani people can't get in due to visa relations btw India and them
Regarding the opening game
Yes Bcci messed up by announcing the schedule late and in turn ticket sales were late too so it's not easy for foreigners
Also the match start was 2pm , peak afternoon , on a working day too
In the evening there was easily 35-45k attendance , but it looks like the ground is empty as the capacity is 130,000. That much crowd would have filled England stadiums fully and would look nice.
Today in Ned vs Pak game
1st it's supposed to be a 1 sided affair that most of people wouldn't be interested to watch
2nd Pakistani people can't get in due to visa relations btw India and them
Molehill
International Coach
Worth comparing to the Rugby World Cup in France - even for the very crappy games there (of which there are far less in this competition), the grounds have been really well attended. It feels like it's been really well marketed and the locals have been supporting whichever match has been in their City. So why is that not happening here?
Socerer 01
International Captain
my brother in christ i just typed a thesis on that a post above
Molehill
International Coach
They're literally playing a World Cup Final there - why not pick an established ground with large local culture?
Molehill
International Coach
Sorry, hadn't read it - I'd started typing my post then got sidetracked before completing it.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
I don't think it should be said. It's the PM home state. Plus it's name is Modi stadium
Socerer 01
International Captain
political reasons as @Adorable Asshole says
Don't worry , WC final would be housefull irrespective of Indian team qualifying for it .
Athlai
Not Terrible
MODI SO BIG