GAA unveils new Ticket Package

[Trevor Hill]

The GAA has launched a new range of ticket packages to cover the closing stages of the GAA Football and Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championships.

A total of six deals - five of which are new - will be on offer in the coming weeks allowing followers of football and hurling to combine quarter-final and semi-final games.

The Hurling Heaven package priced at Eu90 includes tickets for one hurling quarter-final and two semi-finals.

The Football Feast deal offers supporters tickets for two football quarter-final days and both semi-finals and costs Eu99, meaning matches cost less than Eu25 each.

On last year's ticket prices these packages offer savings of Eu35 and Eu60 respectively.

Other offers include a quarter and semi-final package covering one quarter-final and a semi-final costing Eu65 and a Dual Deal for the quarter-final and semi-final stages of both the football and hurling championships priced at Eu175.

There are also Club Pass and Group Pass offers.

GAA President Criostóir Ó Cuana, who unveiled the new packages at the GAA's new Ticket Shop at 53 Lower Dorset St, Dublin 1, said the new arrangements offered supporters real value for money for attractive high profile games at the business end of the championship season.

He said: "We have been very happy with attendances at our games to date this year but we have said all along that in these challenging times we would continue to review our ticketing arrangements in an effort to offer our members and followers value for money.

"By producing these packages we believe that's exactly what we have done. We have attempted to cater for different types of GAA supporters by offering combined football and hurling deals and a variety of options and we are confident that followers of our games will take up deals that will provide excellent live sporting entertainment at an affordable price."

The GAA has also finalised admission prices for this weekend's GAA All-Ireland Football Championship qualifier games. Entry to stands will cost Eu20 and admission to terraces has been reduced by Eu5 to 10.

[orangeman]

Fair play - you can't accuse them of not reacting postively - bads news for the GPA and their demands for a slice of the action  - the cake has just got smaller.

[full back]

Credit where credit is due
They seem to have got it right on this occasion

[Hound]

Fair play - you can't accuse them of not reacting postively - bads news for the GPA and their demands for a slice of the action  - the cake has just got smaller.

Fair play indeed, seems on first reading to be a good idea. The silly dig at the GPA is nonsensical though. Especially as it should increase rather than decrease total gate receipts as it should encourage higher attendances. 

[Rossfan]

Dont you know that certain individuals can only post if they dig at the GPA.