Within the first hour of advance sales, 40,000 Schalke tickets had already been sold. But not all fans were lucky.
It took only around 90 minutes for standing room tickets in the north stand for FC Schalke 04’s nine home games in the second half of the season to sell out. Around twelve hours after advance sales began, all day tickets for the games in the arena are now sold out. As expected, the rush for tickets was enormous, as some figures show: around 40,000 tickets were sold in the first hour of advance sales alone. A total of 55,000 club members visited the online shop yesterday to get their hands on tickets.
“It makes us incredibly proud to see how many Schalke fans want to support our team at home games. This enthusiasm and the enormous demand for tickets are extraordinary and show how important Schalke 04 is to so many people,” explains Sebastian Buntkirchen, Director of Fan Culture and Sustainability.
Technically, ticket sales ran smoothly this year, with the servers withstanding the rush – thanks in part to specially set up digital queues. This prevented too many people from accessing the ticket portal at the same time and crashing the systems. At its peak, shortly after advance sales began at 6 p.m., there were around 34,500 members in the queue. However, the result of the huge rush is that not all fans got tickets for all the games they wanted to see. “At the same time, we know that with 204,000 club members now, advance sales can be frustrating and disappointing for some if they don’t get a ticket despite their best efforts. We fully understand that,” says Buntkirchen.
Schalke ticket exchange can help at short notice
Even those members who came away empty-handed during advance sales can still hope for remaining tickets. Individual ticket contingents are regularly released in the shop – for example, around the guest area. If the visiting clubs do not use up their full away ticket contingent, some tickets will be released for sale at short notice. Tickets are also often available on the S04 ticket exchange.
Tickets for the opta data family block and fans with disabilities, as well as match day programs, will go on sale at a later date – only after the games have been scheduled.