Fans rush Box Office again for CPL playoffs tickets

Caribbean Premier League (CPL) fans began lining up since 16:30hrs on Wednesday afternoon, recording their names in anticipation of the release of playoff tickets on Thursday morning. By Thursday morning, hundreds of fans had already taken up their spots in front of the Guyana Amazon Warriors’ Box Office at 233- 234 Camp Street, Georgetown.
Among the first to get their hands on tickets was a fan named Julie-Ann Williams, who is eager to see the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Republic Bank CPL final once again.
“We got here yesterday afternoon about five-thirty. We were just liming outside, that’s all. Well, because of what’s going on out there, the whole big crowd, I have to be here first. Yeah, and I want to watch the finals. I also want the Amazon Warriors to win this year again. So, go Amazon Warriors!” she declared.

Further down the queue of patrons was a group of 10 persons hailing from Leguan, who braved rain and thunder showers on the Essequibo River on Wednesday afternoon just to get their hands on tickets.
“You know, yesterday it had some thunder showers, so it wasn’t that easy; because we left home at six in the afternoon and, you know, to get over the river is not an easy task. So, we fight the mighty Essequibo River over travel, then straight to Georgetown, and the rain was still out there. We reach here about 8 o’clock in the night, book our names, and then hang out in the city for a while,” Azad shared.

She went on to disclose about their overnight wait at the ticket office, “Yeah, we packed food, we had cook-up rice. We shopped around a little bit in the area. You have Church’s over there, and then we hung out by a friend for like an hour, and we came back here.”
Quizzed about why they made the sacrifice to travel all the way from Essequibo, Azad divulged that it was owing to their love of the game. “I love cricket. I love Amazon Warriors to the bone, to the end, I’m all the way an Amazon Warriors’ fan. I used to play cricket, and I love cricket, it’s one of my favourite games,” Azad shared.
She went on to say, “They did make us proud, and I’m sure again they will do it. We’re proud of that, and we’re confident that they can do it again.”
Tickets are now on sale for the Eliminator 1, Qualifier 1, Qualifier 2 and final, scheduled for October 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th. For the Eliminator, Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2, a ticket for the Green Stand costs $7000; Red Stand, $6500; Orange stand, $6000; and the grass mound $3500.

On the other hand, a ticket for the Final costs $8500 for the Green Stand; $8000 for the Red Stand; $7500 for the Orange Stand, and $4000 for the grass mound.
There also are limits to the number of tickets one patron can buy, with ten tickets per person for Eliminator and Qualifier 1; 6 tickets per person for the stands and 8 per person for the grass mound in Qualifier 2; and for the final, four tickets per person. (G6)