wembley capacity

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  1. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    so...the news networks are saying frroch v groves 2 sold out in 1 hour....60,000 tickets.

    but...is the capacity not more than that ??.....wikipedia states 90,000

    just wondering
     
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    goeasyefc Member Full Member

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    It holds 90k but it can only sell 80k for the fight,
     
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    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    why?
     
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    goeasyefc Member Full Member

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    Something to do with transport for london and curfews.
     
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  5. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ

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    Obviously not, cause it's sold out with 60k

    if it actually was 80k it would have been the biggest live crowd since a long time.
     
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    There's another 20k to go on sale yet if they can get additional transport laid on for after the fight.
     
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  7. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ

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    ah... that explains it :good
     
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    Capacity is 92,000 i think but obviously for boxing you have floor seats so that would be about 100k seats.

    But as stated previously i think they had to agree seating with london transport plus any seats right up top wouldnt be very good either so i think those two reasons are why its been capped to 80,000
     
    Lil Floyd, Mar 11, 2014
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