HUNDREDS of Grand Final tickets remain unsold for tomorrow's premiership decider.
Authorised ticket agents were last night scrambling to sell corporate packages being flogged for up to $1500.
The unsold seats are **** thousands of Grand Final tickets bundled into expensive function and travel packages.
On-sellers yesterday blamed the ticket slowdown on the weather forecast, the state of the economy, last year's Grand Final replay and fatigue **** Geelong fans experiencing their fourth Grand Final in five seasons.
"If you haven't sold them by Tuesday, you're in trouble," one agent said.
"You might sell a few but not all of them."
North Melbourne was yesterday battling to off-load 30 ticket packages giving fans access to the game and its Grand Final breakfast for $1325.
AFL spokesman Patrick Keane could not say last night whether the league had plans to make the unsold tickets available to rank-and-file Collingwood and Geelong members.
The cost of a standard Grand Final ticket is $170.
Each AFL club is allocated 1000 Grand Final tickets, which can be sold as part of corporate packages.
The AFL has licensed about 50 agencies to on-sell the seats.
It comes as Essendon confirmed rookie player Joshua Jenkins fronted the AFL yesterday over allegations of scalping.
"The club confirms rookie Josh Jenkins met with the AFL in relation to the on-selling of AFL Grand Final tickets," a Bombers spokeswoman said.
it seems this AFL grand final thingy .... has had its time as being a must see event
with outrageously over priced tickets .. & not even a guarantee you'll see the premiers .... fans have had enough & aren't fussed about it anymore .... the AFL's arrogant attitiude & vastly inflated opinion of itself & its game.. is finally catching up with it
meanwhile the NRL grand finals remaining tickets were snapped up in no time earlier in the week
good times
good times
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