Ticket sales for the historic first-ever Super Netball clash in Launceston are struggling to live up to its name and get off the ground.
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Just under 1700 tickets – little more than half of the Silverdome capacity – have been sold for the April 30 match between glamour side Collingwood Magpies and last season’s champions Queensland Firebirds.
Collingwood captain Madi Robinson and her deputy Ash Brazill launched the occasion on February 4 that could feature six current or past Australian Diamonds playing for the new club.
The unexpected ticket sales is in stark contrast to last year’s Test match in Launceston that featured four signed Magpies playing for the Australians that sold out in under five minutes.
Netball Tasmania chief executive Julia Phillips had promised to increase the 3250-seat capacity for any further Test matches.
But the Super Netball’s sluggish ticket sales has vindicated her decision to maintain the temporary seating at the Silverdome.
“We’ve raised with various people how great it would be to increase the seating capacity and that may come in for a longer term plan for the Silverdome, but at the moment it’s the same,” she said.
Phillips admits the general public could be confused that tickets had gone on sale.
“We haven’t done any promotion here yet,” she said.
“There are some Magpies members here, so they will have been aware of the tickets. We are going to do a mailout to all registered Tasmanian members soon.”
Phillips expected to ramp up promotion involving the Magpies netballers closer to the game that’s “going to be fantastic for the community”.
Collingwood announced new membership packages on Monday to “our passionate Tasmanian supporters”.
“We’re very excited to build a base of members in Tasmania and make the most of the opportunities our partnership offers,” general manager Jen McIntyre said.
“We are all so eager to get down to Tasmania, not just for Round 10, but also to get out and about in the local community and thank them.”