Demand for U20 All-Ireland hurling final tickets causes Ticketmaster site to 'crash'
Offaly GAA Co Board has confirmed that the Ticketmaster system has crashed with phenomenal demand for the Offaly versus Tipperary game
Demand for tickets for the All-Ireland U20 Hurling Final between Offaly and Tipperary has caused the Ticketmaster site to crash.
A message from Offaly County Board urged people to be patient, and said tickets are still available.
Tickets for the much anticipated clash went on sale at 2.30 pm and shortly afterwards the site was down.
While the listing has reappeared on Ticketmaster, it is showing as low-availability and repeated searches on the site does not find any tickets available.
The decision to host the game in Nowlan Park has come in for particular scrutiny due to the demand for tickets.
Nowlan Park in Kilkenny has a capacity of 26,000.
The U-20 final was held in Semple Stadium last year with tickets incredibly scarce, when Offaly lost to Cork.
Ticketmaster have been contacted for a comment.
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