The rush for tickets for the Cardiff 2011 Heineken Cup final will begin in earnest on Saturday, 22 May – even before a ball has been kicked in the all-French 2010 final in Paris between Toulouse and Biarritz Olympique.
Following on from a successful pre-sale take up by erc.rugby.com subscribers of more than 3,000 tickets for the 2011 showpiece on the weekend of 21/22 May, the public sale of tickets will begin this weekend.
Fans wishing to purchase tickets for the world’s biggest club rugby final will be able to log-on to www.ticketmaster.co.uk or secure their seats by calling the following telephone numbers:
UK – 0844 847 1530
Republic of Ireland – 0818 220 813
International – 0044 208 616 5111 (please note that this number will not be available to UK customers).
Disabled Tickets can be purchased by contacting: 0044 (0) 29 20 822427 or [email protected]. Group Sales: 0044 (0) 29 20 822433 or [email protected].
Tickets are priced at £30, £50, £60, £65 and £70, and may be subject to booking fees.
THE CARDIFF HEINEKEN CUP FINALS
- The 16th Heineken Cup final will be played at the Millennium Stadium on the weekend of 21 / 22 May, 2011.
- It will be the sixth tournament final played in the Welsh capital.
- The first two Heineken Cup finals were played at the old Cardiff Arms Park with the Millennium Stadium hosting three of the last eight finals.
- The 2006 Heineken Cup between Munster and Biarritz Olympique at the Millennium Stadium had an economic impact of over £25 million on the Welsh economy. Research produced by the Welsh Economy Research Unit reported that Cardiff had benefited by £17.7 million and the rest of Wales by £7.4 million. The report stated that the 2006 final was “the most important single day event at the stadium to date in terms of spectator impact.”
- The 74,600 fans at the 2002 final between Leicester Tigers and Munster was a then tournament attendance record.
- The five finals have been watched by 287,015 fans.
- The first final between Toulouse and Cardiff was watched by a crowd of 21,800. A year later that almost doubled to 41,664 when Brive clashed with Leicester Tigers.
- The 14 Heineken Cup finals have been staged at six grounds – Cardiff Arms Park /Millennium Stadium (1996, 1997, 2002, 2006 and 2008), Stade Lescure (1998), Lansdowne Road (1999 and 2003), Twickenham (2000, 2004 and 2007), Parc des Princes (2001) and Murrayfield (2005 and 2009).
- The 16th Heineken Cup final at the Millennium Stadium in just over 12 months time will be the 1,135th tournament match.
