Philadelphia Union away game
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So just to clarify, one has to join the TR to go to away matches (outside of buying an individual ticket from whatever team we happen to be facing)?
My understanding of it, is the Third Rail is given X amount of away supporters tickets for all away matches. the TR then sells those tickets amongst TR members. If there are tickets left over, those tickets are then sold to non-TR members.
I could be wrong on this, but I believe this is the case.
I imagine that if you called the box office and tell them you want to sit with NYC FC supporters, you could purchase tickets. The Third Rail is not the only supporters group that will be there, and the other supporter groups get tickets as well. Give them a call ...
Don't have the full details but I just got a member email last night that said non-members can get supporters section seats and bus tickets for the Philadelphia trip starting on 4/9 (which is this Saturday). The email didn't say how one would do that if you're not a member but if they mention that in a new email I'll post it here.
Basically. To put a finer point on it, we currently only do this for local "big draw" games. The Third Rail, like all SGs of this type, has priority access to away game tickets. We could buy them outright and resell them (at cost of course) to other SGs but we don't. We just take the priority access on the big draw games. Many would love for non-TR members to believe that this is unfair or some sort of way to force people to join TR. It is not. This is standard procedure around the league. In general, TR has two weeks of priority access and then everyone else has two weeks of access before the game.
Yes, you can sit with SUPPORTERS. TR doesn't own the section. lol
True, but TR is the most visable and you sir are an awesome forum member. Where would one purchase said tickets?
Could you clarify a couple of things?
When you say "like all SGs of this type" what type do you mean?
Are you saying that for the games at RBA (and presumably, Hofstra should they occur), all away tickets go through TR (as Soup suggested)?
That I don't know. I don't know how the other groups will obtain and distribute tickets for this game. In many cases, there is a link sent out where people can purchase tickets. In this instance, Philly just told us the total allotment and cost per ticket and we took pre-orders. We will give them a final number and just buy out the amount we sold and distribute the tickets ourselves. So most likely, you will buy from one of the other groups through whatever method they set up. The only reason you can't buy from TR is because you have to be a member to access the platform to buy tickets the way we sold them.
1. I mean very large and/or "officially recognized" supporters groups. They all have priority access for seating in the supporters section for home and away games.
2. Yes, TR has priority access. "Through" TR is a bit of a misnomer.
FYI, non-TR members can buy match tickets (with or without transportation included) here:
http://www.thirdrail.nyc/vsunion42316/philly-away-match-ticket
http://www.thirdrail.nyc/vsunion42316/philly-away-match-ticket
The away supporters section is sold out for Saturday! Anyone looking to purchase tickets at this point would need to purchase from the Union website and look for seats in section 132, which is right next to us. Be aware that seats in 132 do not receive the supporters discount.
That's great to hear, looking forward to a good turn out. Do you know how supporters sections tickets were allocated?
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