Website issues during ticket frenzy
The prized tickets to round 1 AFL games are going fast and it’s sparked a surge in complaints about ticketing websites.
AFL
by Josh Fagan
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Club members have raced to snap up seats to AFL round 1 matches, with the logjam sparking a surge of complaints about ticketing websites.
Prized tickets to the five games in Melbourne went on sale at 1pm Tuesday for members of home teams - Richmond, Collingwood, Melbourne, Essendon and North Melbourne.
Fans quickly flocked to social media pages of Ticketek and Ticketmaster reporting technical issues and long wait times.