Fans rush box office for CPL final, playoff tickets
The Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) box office was a hive of activity on Monday morning as scores of Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) fans lined up outside the building at 233-234 Camp Street, Georgetown, eagerly anticipating the start of ticket sales for this year’s CPL Playoffs and Finals, to be held at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, next month.
As is customary, a ticket limit was instituted with individuals being able to purchase a maximum of 4 tickets for the final and 10 tickets for each of the three playoff (Eliminator 1, Qualifier 1, Qualifier 2) games.
A look at the crowd gathered outside the box office prior to its opening on Monday morning (Jemima Holmes photo)
Ticket prices for the playoffs on Tuesday, September 19; Wednesday, September 20 and Friday, September 22 are set at $7000 for the Green Stand, $6000 for the Red Stand, $4500 for the Orange Stand and $3000 for the Grass Mound.
For the grand finale on Sunday, September 24, tickets are going for $7500 for the Green Stand, $7000 for the Red Stand, $5500 for the Orange Stand and $3500 for the Grass mound.
However, according to box office operators, tickets for the Red and Green Stands were sold out, as tickets were available online weeks prior to Monday morning’s availability at the box office.
Nonetheless, several fans were quite excited to get their hands on tickets, the first being a duo that travelled all the way from Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) on Sunday night.
GAW fans proudly display their RBL CPL final and playoff tickets (Jemima Holmes photo)
The pair of Simone Browne and Tandy Carr revealed that they arrived at the box office since 21:00h on Sunday and as such, copped the coveted first place in line.
“It was a very rough night. Right now, I’m tired, I’m sleepy, I’m hungry and everything in one, because I was here since last night,” Browne told Guyana Times Sport.
Browne went on to state confidently, “I did that sacrifice because I know Guyana Amazon Warriors would be in the finals and I’m excited to see them there.”
“Of course, this is our year,” an equally-excited Carr added.
The RBL CPL is set to bowl off next Wednesday, August 16 in St Lucia, before moving around the Caribbean to St Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and finally, Guyana. Local franchise, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will begin their CPL 2023 campaign next Saturday, August 19 against home team the St Lucia Kings at the Daren Sammy Cricket Stadium. The Warriors will play their first home game of the season on Wednesday, September 13, against the Jamaica Tallawahs. (Jemima Holmes)
