Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:06 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I’ve sat (stood) in it for the World Cup final and can’t recall if I saw kids or not but we noticed that u14’s rule and it seems strange to me. That feels like a rule they’d enforce for football but not sure there would be a need for rugby league. Feels like speaking to the Man U ticket office direct might be the best bet.

Thanks for the reply.
Yes, I thought about that.
But guess they won’t be open on a Sunday & if I wait until Monday I’ll likely miss the better chunk of ticket availability going on sale tomorrow from 10am.

It’ll teach me to not read the small print in the future!

Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:34 pm  

Azul wrote:

Does anyone have experience with the OT safe standing section?
I didn’t read the small print and purchased a kids (amongst 4 tickets), only to later notice my 5 year old wouldn’t be allowed in.

Do they enforce this?
Ticket states no exchanges so currently considering queueing in the morning and spending another £160 to see the first 160 down the drain!

I went in there for the World Cup Final too. Can see why they enforce an age limit, it’s cramped and young kids would have no chance because of the depth of the floor which doesn’t have a great stagger. Went to Spurs’ ground last year for the CC Final and it was on another level for quality for the safe standing area. United have just shoehorned it in and if you’re ’lucky’ enough you’ll get a seat next to a seat that turn in on each other on the bend so you wouldn’t even be able to sit down.

Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:42 pm  

DannyT wrote:

I went in there for the World Cup Final too. Can see why they enforce an age limit, it’s cramped and young kids would have no chance because of the depth of the floor which doesn’t have a great stagger. Went to Spurs’ ground last year for the CC Final and it was on another level for quality for the safe standing area. United have just shoehorned it in and if you’re ’lucky’ enough you’ll get a seat next to a seat that turn in on each other on the bend so you wouldn’t even be able to sit down.

Thanks for that.
I ordered 4 tickets. My wife & I, her grandmother & the little lad.
I chose end of aisle/row seats at the end of the row and the end 2 seats don’t even have seats in front of them as they’re effectively at the top of the first row of steps after the concourse. Chose those so my lad has a chance to rest his legs without someone stood in front of him.
On that basis, I’m happy to take the risk on it in terms of view & facility. I’ll happily hold him up all night I did so recently at Wembley for a football match.
My concern is going over and being turned away on the day, leaving the lad upset (he’s only 5, mind - and it’ll be his first ever RL game) and the money wasted.

Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:55 pm  

DannyT wrote:

I went in there for the World Cup Final too. Can see why they enforce an age limit, it’s cramped and young kids would have no chance because of the depth of the floor which doesn’t have a great stagger. Went to Spurs’ ground last year for the CC Final and it was on another level for quality for the safe standing area. United have just shoehorned it in and if you’re ’lucky’ enough you’ll get a seat next to a seat that turn in on each other on the bend so you wouldn’t even be able to sit down.

OT is so pathetic isn’t it! We got sat on a bend last year for the Leeds v Saints GF. Me and my mate are about 6ft 3 and we had no chance of getting our legs down. I sat sideways and my mate just went for a pint under the stand and once the game kicked off, he found a couple of seats near us that he could fit in.

Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:57 am  

Guess this means I'm in with the Wigan fans on Saturday then. Should be fun

Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:34 am  

Does anyone know why you can't select a block online? You can only choose your ticket price so it feels like pot luck.

Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:15 am  

MadDogg wrote:

Does anyone know why you can't select a block online? You can only choose your ticket price so it feels like pot luck.

Joke isn’t it, I’ll be fuming if I get tickets in the North/South stand.

Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:26 pm  

Just been told by a mate that we've sold out our end. Still loads of people left in the queue too.

Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:27 pm  

NSW wrote:

Joke isn’t it, I’ll be fuming if I get tickets in the North/South stand.

You can't even access online sales on the website when I tried just now.

I don't want to complain but it is things like this that you only find in RL. Can't think of any other sports or entertainment event Iv been to over the last decade where you cant go online, pick your preferred seat and pay within a few minutes.

Re: GF WIgan given West stand : Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:53 pm  

The RFL site was awful last night but you could (eventually) pick your seats. There wasn’t a great deal more than singles left down our end when I looked earlier but they do seem to open up blocks randomly, so worth a try.