SlowerThanPlatt
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While all current general sale tickets for clash with Gillingham at Ricoh Arena are sold out more could become available on fixture date
Coventry City Football Club have sold out of the tickets released for general sale for Friday's match with Gillingham at the Ricoh Arena.
Initially, around 15,000 tickets were released for general sale and they have been snapped up after phenomenal interest.
A further 2,200 Supporters have also purchased or transferred across their Season Tickets for the club's return to the Ricoh Arena.
The club would urge any current Season Ticket holders who purchased before the club's return to the Ricoh to make sure they have transferred it across to their seat at the Ricoh.
There are still around 4,000 Season Ticket holders from the 2012/13 season who are yet to renew or buy Gillingham tickets. Those seats will be released for sale on the day of the Gillingham game but the club would ask any supporters who held 12/13 Season Tickets to email [email protected] to let the club know if they intend to attend the Gillingham game and, if not, allow them to be released for other supporters.
The club shop will be open between 10.30am and 4.30pm on Sunday. Between 10.30am and 12.30pm, fans will be able to purchase Season Tickets or Gillingham tickets if they were 12/13 Season Ticket holders. Fans who bought Season Tickets for Sixfields will be able to transfer them over to the Ricoh Arena at these times too.
Further tickets may become available in the South Stand next week but that is subject to police and safety approval.
Hospitality packages for the Gillingham match will also be released early next week.
Development director Steve Waggott said: "The interest and excitement around the club's return to the city has been nothing short of phenomenal. To have sold all of the general tickets available so far already is testament to the supporters' desire to come and back their team and also to the staff who have worked unbelievably under intense circumstances.
"We know there have been teething problems with the systems but that was only because we wanted to come back to the city as soon as possible and selling 18,000 tickets in just a few days is still a wonderful effort - especially with so much else going on.
"If supporters don't have a ticket yet, that doesn't necessarily mean they won't get one. We've given 2012/13 Season Ticket holders until the day of the game to either renew their Season Ticket or buy a ticket for the game before it is released for sale.
"We are asking those supporters to get in touch to let us know if we can release those tickets for sale any sooner.
"We are also working over the weekend to see if we can open up more seats for sale and we will keep supporters up to date on that. Of course, we want to get as many Coventry City supporters into the stadium as possible because this is going to be a wonderful occasion for the club and the city."
Coventry City Football Club have sold out of the tickets released for general sale for Friday's match with Gillingham at the Ricoh Arena.
Initially, around 15,000 tickets were released for general sale and they have been snapped up after phenomenal interest.
A further 2,200 Supporters have also purchased or transferred across their Season Tickets for the club's return to the Ricoh Arena.
The club would urge any current Season Ticket holders who purchased before the club's return to the Ricoh to make sure they have transferred it across to their seat at the Ricoh.
There are still around 4,000 Season Ticket holders from the 2012/13 season who are yet to renew or buy Gillingham tickets. Those seats will be released for sale on the day of the Gillingham game but the club would ask any supporters who held 12/13 Season Tickets to email [email protected] to let the club know if they intend to attend the Gillingham game and, if not, allow them to be released for other supporters.
The club shop will be open between 10.30am and 4.30pm on Sunday. Between 10.30am and 12.30pm, fans will be able to purchase Season Tickets or Gillingham tickets if they were 12/13 Season Ticket holders. Fans who bought Season Tickets for Sixfields will be able to transfer them over to the Ricoh Arena at these times too.
Further tickets may become available in the South Stand next week but that is subject to police and safety approval.
Hospitality packages for the Gillingham match will also be released early next week.
Development director Steve Waggott said: "The interest and excitement around the club's return to the city has been nothing short of phenomenal. To have sold all of the general tickets available so far already is testament to the supporters' desire to come and back their team and also to the staff who have worked unbelievably under intense circumstances.
"We know there have been teething problems with the systems but that was only because we wanted to come back to the city as soon as possible and selling 18,000 tickets in just a few days is still a wonderful effort - especially with so much else going on.
"If supporters don't have a ticket yet, that doesn't necessarily mean they won't get one. We've given 2012/13 Season Ticket holders until the day of the game to either renew their Season Ticket or buy a ticket for the game before it is released for sale.
"We are asking those supporters to get in touch to let us know if we can release those tickets for sale any sooner.
"We are also working over the weekend to see if we can open up more seats for sale and we will keep supporters up to date on that. Of course, we want to get as many Coventry City supporters into the stadium as possible because this is going to be a wonderful occasion for the club and the city."
