![With the help of a building-sized football and a Haka, New Zealand, took over Sydney last Friday night at the official ‘One Year to Go’ Rugby World Cup celebration. Staged inside the Giant Rugby Ball at the Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay, the event gave organisers a chance to inform guests on all the latest developments regarding Cup preparations. “Operationally, we are in great shape, all the stadiums are on track” said acting chairman of Rugby NZ 2011, Brian Roche. “500,000 tickets were sold in phase one of ticketing, 100,000 of which went to international buyers,” he added. Speaking exclusively to TD at the event, ceo of Rugby NZ 2011, Martin Snedden revealed that there was a “fantastic response” from Australia to the first phase of ticket sales, with Aussie Rugby fans snapping up 30% of the total international ticket sales. “We’ve seen a very strong response for Australians booking tickets to Australian matches in particular,” he said. The second phase of ticketing, which sees fans able to buy tickets to individual games rather than the phase one game package offering, is on sale now, and the team at Rugby NZ 2011 is “confident” that ticket sales will remain strong. “To be a part of it, you have to be here [NZ],” said Snedden. Pictured above with the real Rugby World Cup from left are Brian Roche with NZ World Cup 2011 Ambassador, David Kirk.new.traveldaily.com.auTaken on Sep. 13th, 2010 at 21:38](https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/264643_10150224641300995_6251467_n.jpg) |
With the help of a building-sized football and a Haka, New Zealand, took over Sydney last Friday night at the official ‘One Year to Go’ Rugby World Cup celebration. Staged inside the Giant Rugby Ball at the Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay, the event gave organisers a chance to inform guests on all the latest developments regarding Cup preparations. “Operationally, we are in great shape, all the stadiums are on track” said acting chairman of Rugby NZ 2011, Brian Roche. “500,000 tickets were sold in phase one of ticketing, 100,000 of which went to international buyers,” he added. Speaking exclusively to TD at the event, ceo of Rugby NZ 2011, Martin Snedden revealed that there was a “fantastic response” from Australia to the first phase of ticket sales, with Aussie Rugby fans snapping up 30% of the total international ticket sales. “We’ve seen a very strong response for Australians booking tickets to Australian matches in particular,” he said. The second phase of ticketing, which sees fans able to buy tickets to individual games rather than the phase one game package offering, is on sale now, and the team at Rugby NZ 2011 is “confident” that ticket sales will remain strong. “To be a part of it, you have to be here [NZ],” said Snedden. Pictured above with the real Rugby World Cup from left are Brian Roche with NZ World Cup 2011 Ambassador, David Kirk. new.traveldaily.com.au Taken on Sep. 13th, 2010 at 21:38 |
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