Season Online Reserved Seat On-Sale
The online Ticketmaster system experienced a critical error on Saturday morning at 9.30am, which resulted in AFL Members experiencing significant delays and error messages during the onsale after this time. Up until 9.30am, 1,905 tickets had been purchased for MCG games (700 for ANZAC Day) and 1,956 tickets had been purchased for Telstra Dome games.
Ticketmaster advised that work was conducted on their system all of Saturday and into the early hours of Sunday morning to repair the error that occurred. AFL Members events were once again made available to purchase from 9am, Sunday 24th February.
The error was due to changes that were made to the Ticketmaster barcode retirement program ‘BART’ throughout the off-season in conjunction with the high demand for purchases on the online system. The AFL was assured that these changes would not affect the online purchasing process. The AFL has lodged a complaint and clearly articulated our concerns with Ticketmaster management regarding the error that occurred. It is unacceptable that AFL Members have been subjected to significant inconvenience with regard to this on-sale process.
We understand that AFL Members who attempted to purchase via the online sale on Saturday morning were inconvenienced by this error and as a result have extended the closing date for the season reserved seat on-sale to 5pm, Tuesday 26th February.
For AFL Members wishing to purchase reserved seating for any month throughout the home and away season, there are seats available for all MCG matches as well as Level 1 seating for the following Telstra Dome games (seating available as at 8am, Monday 25th February):
RND | DATE | MATCH | TIME |
1 | Saturday, Mar 22 (Sat Night) | St. Kilda vs. Sydney | 7:10 pm |
1 | Sunday, Mar 23 (Sun Early) | Western Bulldogs vs. Adelaide | 1:10 pm |
2 | Saturday, Mar 29 (Sat Night) | St. Kilda vs. Carlton | 7:10 pm |
3 | Friday, Apr 04 (Thu/Fri Night) | Western Bulldogs vs. St. Kilda | 7:40 pm |
3 | Saturday, Apr 05 (Sat Aft) | Kangaroos vs. Hawthorn | 2:10 pm |
5 | Sunday, Apr 20 (Sun Aft) | Western Bulldogs vs. Richmond | 2:10 pm |
6 | Saturday, Apr 26 (Sat Night) | Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast | 7:10 pm |
6 | Sunday, Apr 27 (Sun Aft) | Kangaroos vs. Sydney | 2:10 pm |
7 | Saturday, May 03 (Sat Night) | Richmond vs. St. Kilda | 7:10 pm |
7 | Sunday, May 04 (Sun Twilight) | Essendon vs. Port Adelaide | 4:40 pm |
8 | Saturday, May 17 (Sat Night) | Carlton vs. Brisbane Lions | 7:10 pm |
9 | Saturday, May 24 (Sat Aft) | Carlton vs. Fremantle | 2:10 pm |
9 | Sunday, May 25 (Sun Twilight) | Western Bulldogs vs. Kangaroos | 4:40 pm |
10 | Saturday, May 31 (Sat Night) | Geelong vs. Carlton | 7:10 pm |
10 | Sunday, Jun 01 (Sun Aft) | St. Kilda vs. Melbourne | 2:10 pm |
11 | Friday, Jun 06 (Thu/Fri Night) | Kangaroos vs. Geelong | 7:40 pm |
11 | Sunday, Jun 08 (Sun Aft) | St. Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs | 2:10 pm |
12 | Sunday, Jun 15 (Sun Twilight) | Richmond vs. Melbourne | 4:40 pm |
13 | Friday, Jun 20 (Thu/Fri Night) | St. Kilda vs. Fremantle | 7:40 pm |
15 | Sunday, Jul 13 (Sun Aft) | Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne | 2:10 pm |
16 | Saturday, Jul 19 (Sat Night) | St. Kilda vs. Hawthorn | 7:10 pm |
16 | Sunday, Jul 20 (Sun Early) | Carlton vs. Sydney | 1:10 pm |
17 | Saturday, Jul 26 (Sat Night) | Richmond vs. Brisbane Lions | 7:10 pm |
17 | Sunday, Jul 27 (Sun Twilight) | Western Bulldogs vs. Carlton | 4:40 pm |
18 | Saturday, Aug 02 (Sat Night) | Geelong vs. Richmond | 7:10 pm |
18 | Sunday, Aug 03 (Sun Aft) | St. Kilda vs. Port Adelaide | 2:10 pm |
19 | Saturday, Aug 09 (Sat Aft) | Carlton vs. Port Adelaide | 2:10 pm |
19 | Sunday, Aug 10 (Sun Early) | Kangaroos vs. Western Bulldogs | 1:10 pm |
20 | Saturday, Aug 16 (Sat Aft) | Essendon vs. Adelaide | 2:10 pm |
20 | Sunday, Aug 17 (Sun Aft) | Carlton vs. Kangaroos | 2:10 pm |
21 | Sunday, Aug 24 (Sun Aft) | St. Kilda vs. Adelaide | 2:10 pm |
22 | Saturday, Aug 30 (Sat Night) | Carlton vs. Hawthorn | 7:10 pm |
Once the tickets allocated to the season reserved seat on-sale have been exhausted, AFL Members will only be able to purchase for specific matches on the first Saturday of the month in the month prior to the match.
The AFL apologises that the on-line season reserved seat sale was compromised in 2008. Our review of this process for future years will assess whether the demand for this type of sale is warranted and whether it can be executed flawlessly without inconveniencing those who wish to use it.
