The ticket sales for the Super Rugby semi-final between the Lions and the Highlanders at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday are expected to go through the roof come Friday.
With the Lions left as the lone SA survivor in the last four of the competition they carry the pride and hope of the entire nation, and by all indications the available tickets will become less and less by Friday afternoon.
The Lions’ chief financial officer Edgar Rathbone said on Tuesday all indications were that by Friday they could very well reach the 50 000 mark or beyond, with 17 500 tickets already sold at noon on Monday.
“By Tuesday this week we already sold more than 25 000 tickets which was the mark we reached only by last Friday for the quarter-final against the Crusaders last weekend,” he said.
“So with those three extra days added to the mix we could look at easy 50 000 tickets come Friday, which could further increase by the game’s start on Saturday,” he said.
