With Indian Super League football matches captivating the sports lovers, tickets for the Jamshedpur FC-Kerala Blasters FC ISL home match at JRD Tata sports complex on October 29 are going off the shelves with Rs 50 and Rs 100 denominations getting almost exhausted.
“The response has been overwhelming over 18,000 tickets have already been sold for the tie versus Kerala Blasters FC. Tickets (Rs 50 and Rs 100) for both the Kerala and Goa ties have already been sold out. The crowd for JFC first home match against ATK, which ended in a 1-1 draw on October 21, was over 22,000. We expect similar crowd this time too ,” an official informed.
The capacity of the stadium is around 23,700. The capacity reduced with the newly-installed chairs at the upper tier of the eastern stands. Earlier, it was 24,774.
Barring the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi and the JRD Sports Complex , no other ISL hosting venues go full house, the JFC official said, adding sale of tickets of Rs 200 (southwest, northwest upper stand), Rs 250 east upper stand), Rs 350 (east lower stand), Rs 400 (west lower stand) and Rs 3,000 (hospitality section) denominations was also positive.
The trend of ticket sale for the next match against FC Goa at JRD Sports Complex on November 1 is also selling like hot cakes both online and offline.