EURO 2024

Was in the queue at 9:15 and had prepared myself in the best way possible waiting patiently for just under 3hrs and by the time I finally got out there was nothing left, I couldn’t even add the prime tickets for any game to my cart. Was unsuccessful in the two previous ballots and was looking for one Scotland ticket as I have been following them very closely over the campaign. I know that there will be another window later on but I can’t escape that this seems to have been a huge missed opportunity.

Edited by djherb543 - 15 Mar 2024 at 9:31am

trevwaterford wrote: It took over 2 hours to get into the portal and only tickets left were expensive. 160 was the cheapest and others were 400. I wouldn't pay that kind of money as a neutral for one match. Any of the cheaper tickets must have sold out when they originally went on sale late last year.

There is a massive increase in the interest in attending live football in the last 5 years and as NR says above, clowns buying them to make a few quid means that it has become very hard to get tickets for major tournaments. 

ConorMac77 wrote: Newryrep wrote: ConorMac77 wrote: Managed to get 3 matches - France v Austria (in Dusseldorf), Turkey v Play-off winner (Dortmund) and Spain v Italy (Gelsenkirchen).  Tried to get Scotland v Switzerland (in Cologne) but couldn't cart it. I'm sure there'll be more chances in the next few months. There was a chinese buffet that we went to one night but as well as the usual precooked stuff under heat lamps there was a fresh ingredients aisle that you chose your own ingredients and gave them to a chef in front of a hot plate who cooked it for you  - Top 3 away meals of all time   You could take up 6 oysters and he would steam them for you  - always suspected it was a money laundering front as the cost was about  30 euro a head including a beer  Rest of the town is a dump though  and outside the stadium was lethal for lack of lights  I remember Gelsenkirchen was a dump from my 1st Ireland away trip there in 2014 (fck me, was that really 10 years ago!?) so I'm basing myself in Dusseldorf.

a lot of pubs along the river with huge screens that show football, alt stadt is a fun place and the local "alt' beer is delicious. McLaughlins at the top of the alt stadt is the best of the Irish pubs. There is a german cinema museum which is well worth a visit if you're into films.

ConorMac77 wrote: Newryrep wrote: ConorMac77 wrote: Managed to get 3 matches - France v Austria (in Dusseldorf), Turkey v Play-off winner (Dortmund) and Spain v Italy (Gelsenkirchen).  Tried to get Scotland v Switzerland (in Cologne) but couldn't cart it. I'm sure there'll be more chances in the next few months. There was a chinese buffet that we went to one night but as well as the usual precooked stuff under heat lamps there was a fresh ingredients aisle that you chose your own ingredients and gave them to a chef in front of a hot plate who cooked it for you  - Top 3 away meals of all time   You could take up 6 oysters and he would steam them for you  - always suspected it was a money laundering front as the cost was about  30 euro a head including a beer  Rest of the town is a dump though  and outside the stadium was lethal for lack of lights  I remember Gelsenkirchen was a dump from my 1st Ireland away trip there in 2014 (fck me, was that really 10 years ago!?) so I'm basing myself in Dusseldorf.

Roberto_Carlow wrote: Hopefully Greece qualify as Turkey v Greece in Dortmund's stadium will be quality. Great game to go to.

Newryrep wrote: ConorMac77 wrote: Managed to get 3 matches - France v Austria (in Dusseldorf), Turkey v Play-off winner (Dortmund) and Spain v Italy (Gelsenkirchen).  Tried to get Scotland v Switzerland (in Cologne) but couldn't cart it. I'm sure there'll be more chances in the next few months. There was a chinese buffet that we went to one night but as well as the usual precooked stuff under heat lamps there was a fresh ingredients aisle that you chose your own ingredients and gave them to a chef in front of a hot plate who cooked it for you  - Top 3 away meals of all time   You could take up 6 oysters and he would steam them for you  - always suspected it was a money laundering front as the cost was about  30 euro a head including a beer  Rest of the town is a dump though  and outside the stadium was lethal for lack of lights

ConorMac77 wrote: Managed to get 3 matches - France v Austria (in Dusseldorf), Turkey v Play-off winner (Dortmund) and Spain v Italy (Gelsenkirchen).  Tried to get Scotland v Switzerland (in Cologne) but couldn't cart it. I'm sure there'll be more chances in the next few months.