{"id":7072,"date":"2010-11-30T11:29:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T11:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=7072"},"modified":"2010-11-30T11:29:39","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T11:29:39","slug":"for-irelands-forthcoming-rbs-6-nations-championship-fixtures-versus-france-sunday-february-13-and-england-saturday-march-19-the-irish-rugby-football-union-is-introducing-a-new-tiered-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/for-irelands-forthcoming-rbs-6-nations-championship-fixtures-versus-france-sunday-february-13-and-england-saturday-march-19-the-irish-rugby-football-union-is-introducing-a-new-tiered-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"For Ireland&#8217;s forthcoming RBS 6 Nations Championship fixtures versus France (Sunday, February 13) and England (Saturday, March 19), the Irish Rugby Football Union is introducing a new tiered pricing structure."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Aviva Stadium has a capacity of 51,700 seats. 21,700 of those seats are committed to IRFU programmes across advance 10-year premium ticket sales, advanced 10-year ticket sales (2003, 2005), visiting Union allocations, sponsors, former internationals, the press box, corporate hospitality programme, corporate boxes and the committee box.<br \/>\nThe remaining 30,000 seats (approximate), which include general admission seats and seats at premium level, are committed to the branches for dissemination amongst the constituent clubs of the IRFU.<\/p>\n<p>This new tiered pricing structure will see the introduction of five general admission ticket categories for these two 2011 RBS 6 Nations matches, against France (Sunday, February 13) and England (Saturday, March 19).<\/p>\n<p>The prices of these tickets, with approximate numbers per category, will be as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Schoolboy\/Schoolgirl: \u20ac15 x 1,800 tickets in North Stand (62.5% price reduction)<\/p>\n<p>Category 4: \u20ac50 x 2,500 in East and West Upper Stands\/Touchlines (50% price reduction)<\/p>\n<p>Category 3: \u20ac65 x 5,000 in East\/West\/South Upper Stands and portions of North Stand (35% price reduction)<\/p>\n<p>Category 2: \u20ac80 x 4,500 in East\/West\/South and portions of North Stand (20% price reduction)<\/p>\n<p>Category 1: \u20ac90 x13,000 in East\/West \/South Stands (10% price reduction)<\/p>\n<p>Premium Level Tickets: 3,200 will continue to be available for sale at \u20ac125<\/p>\n<p>The IRFU Committee has formalised the new tiered pricing structure following a recommendation from its Management Committee.<\/p>\n<p>In making the announcement of the new ticket pricing structure, Pat Fitzgerald, Chairman of the IRFU Commercial and Marketing Committee, who chaired the ticket working group, said: &#8220;I believe our new approach, which reflects input from our branches, our clubs and the general public, will go a long way towards balancing the requirements of the differing constituents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new structure sees a reduction of between 10% and 62.5% in the ticket pricing from category 1 to schoolboy\/schoolgirl tickets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In approaching the issue we were tasked by the Union to come up with a pricing structure which would provide attractive options to supporters at various levels and secure capacity crowds for both the France and England matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also needed to be cognisant of the key role international fixtures play in generating the income required to manage and develop the game at both the domestic and professional levels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new ticket pricing will not involve linkage and will be reviewed in advance of the 2012 RBS 6 Nations Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aviva Stadium has a capacity of 51,700 seats. 21,700 of those seats are committed to IRFU programmes across advance 10-year premium ticket sales, advanced 10-year ticket sales (2003, 2005), visiting Union allocations, sponsors, former internationals, the press box, corporate hospitality programme, corporate boxes and the committee box. 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