Crucible 2011 ticket information

SnookerFan wrote:I popped back to the hotel between sessions one year, and there was a woman in my room. I thought it was part of the service. Unfortunately it was just the cleaner. Quite disappointing really.

StalinESQ wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:I popped back to the hotel between sessions one year, and there was a woman in my room. I thought it was part of the service. Unfortunately it was just the cleaner. Quite disappointing really.

You should of flashed her

SnookerFan wrote:

case_master wrote:I might be going over on my own, none of my friends care enough about snooker to make the trip over to Sheffield.

The tickets are on sale very early, I don't think they will come close to selling out until the Welsh Open when after the first couple of rounds it will become more clear who will be playing in which sessions.

I agree with Witz as regards to the tickets, £3 a sessions doesn't sound much but over the course it soon adds up. Maybe a multi session booking discountt or something?

I've been up alone a few times when none of my friends can afford to go. In fact, I've done that to a few of the venues. I'm not self-concious about being out alone, so it doesn't make any difference. Especially at The Crucible. You can easily spend 12 hours a day watching the snooker, and the hotel I stay in when I'm not with anybody is full of people watching snooker anyway, so you always get somebody talking to somebody about it in the bar after the games.

StalinESQ wrote:

case_master wrote:I might be going over on my own, none of my friends care enough about snooker to make the trip over to Sheffield.

The tickets are on sale very early, I don't think they will come close to selling out until the Welsh Open when after the first couple of rounds it will become more clear who will be playing in which sessions.

I agree with Witz as regards to the tickets, £3 a sessions doesn't sound much but over the course it soon adds up. Maybe a multi session booking discountt or something?

Spoke to my mate with the season ticket and put in my request for Mon - Weds first week. He may have more for me or it may be other days, not sure yet. The hike in price has not gone down well with season ticket holders and coupled with the non-attendance for qualifiers................there is some unhappy fans of the game out there.

What you have to remember is not everyone lives local to Sheffield. So in effect it is like a proper holiday for those travelling. Real costs involved, petrol, hotel, food, beer, gambling, hookers (for witz ), .........

So @ £50 a day on tickets................I think it is somewhat expensive and not really considerate, but what can you do.

case_master wrote:

StalinESQ wrote:

case_master wrote:I might be going over on my own, none of my friends care enough about snooker to make the trip over to Sheffield.

The tickets are on sale very early, I don't think they will come close to selling out until the Welsh Open when after the first couple of rounds it will become more clear who will be playing in which sessions.

I agree with Witz as regards to the tickets, £3 a sessions doesn't sound much but over the course it soon adds up. Maybe a multi session booking discountt or something?

Spoke to my mate with the season ticket and put in my request for Mon - Weds first week. He may have more for me or it may be other days, not sure yet. The hike in price has not gone down well with season ticket holders and coupled with the non-attendance for qualifiers................there is some unhappy fans of the game out there.

What you have to remember is not everyone lives local to Sheffield. So in effect it is like a proper holiday for those travelling. Real costs involved, petrol, hotel, food, beer, gambling, hookers (for witz ), .........

So @ £50 a day on tickets................I think it is somewhat expensive and not really considerate, but what can you do.

I would imgaine they won't be happy, could world snooker not organise a discount in hotels for season ticket holders or something?

Agree about the other costs, last year having to get a last minute boat, change trains etc cost a lot and then there was the hotel, food etc. I was lucky I took a bit off the bookies
The guy Brian must be out a fortune...17 days = big bucks.

SnookerFan wrote:

StalinESQ wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:I popped back to the hotel between sessions one year, and there was a woman in my room. I thought it was part of the service. Unfortunately it was just the cleaner. Quite disappointing really.

You should of flashed her

Well, she was on her knees when I arrived. Unfortunately, she was giving the bathroom a thorough clean. Maybe I should've asked her what I'd been doing in there that needed such cleaning.

She said she had been admiring the photo I'd got of me holding up the World Championship trophy though. Money well spent.

The Statman on TSF

I have today received my tickets for the World Championship and have among them one for the middle Sunday morning, which is traditionally the morning off.

The morning off appears as if it is going to be on the Monday next year, instead of the Sunday, and that the afternoon session will begin at 1pm, not 2pm which is the usual start time for the afternoon session on days with no morning play.

I guess the reason is that the Monday is a bank holiday, which is not usually the case with the middle weekend.

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SnookerFan wrote:Too complicated at the moment. I did consider being extravagant and going in for the final, but they didn't seem able to sell them, for some reason. Despite the final session being almost sold out 5 minutes after they went on sale, for some reason.

Looking at the first rounds, which is what I usually go for, they haven't even acknowledged whats what. You can buy a ticket for each session for table 1 or table 2. But other then guessing that The World Champion will be playing his usual time, I can't even work out what's a match and what isn't. I was expecting them to advertise "Match 1, opening session", "Match 1, closing session." They don't. Buy the wrong tickets, you can't even guarantee that you'll get full matches.

StalinESQ wrote:are you there Sunday, Monday or Tuesday the first week......................

SnookerFan wrote:

Witz78 wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Too complicated at the moment. I did consider being extravagant and going in for the final, but they didn't seem able to sell them, for some reason. Despite the final session being almost sold out 5 minutes after they went on sale, for some reason.

Looking at the first rounds, which is what I usually go for, they haven't even acknowledged whats what. You can buy a ticket for each session for table 1 or table 2. But other then guessing that The World Champion will be playing his usual time, I can't even work out what's a match and what isn't. I was expecting them to advertise "Match 1, opening session", "Match 1, closing session." They don't. Buy the wrong tickets, you can't even guarantee that you'll get full matches.

Its a total lottery isnt it, i ended up just going for seats quite high up and near the middle so i can see both tables. I was tempted to take some good seats on Row A a few times for TV exposure but decided i didnt want to risk being stuck watching Hawkins v Dott when Jimmy v Hendry might be on the other table so played it safe and went for the middle.

Tickets selling well, took me a minute or two to suss out the booking form and how it worked, suspect a few others were the same.

Anyway tickets bought, the countdown can now well and truly begin to the Crucible 2011

I sussed out the booking system eventually, but it's just told me it can't allow me to pay £211 for the final based on a Debit card, for some reason.... To be honest, I'd settle for the ranking systems being what it used to be, just so us fans who've been buying tickets for years wouldn't have it so difficult.

Sonny wrote:How did you "find out" when the booking process lets you choose your seats?

Sonny wrote:contacts

Witz78 wrote:

Sonny wrote:contacts

haha whats he on about?? i know ive got seats in the middle rows so i can see both tables and my contact who told me this is..................... MYSELF cos i clicked these seats when i bought the tickets

Witz78 wrote:My tickets arrived today!!