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Replying To Scenicparish:  "Season tickets holders get 304 to 307 in middle of Cusack Stand. Players families and County Board officials get the middle of the Hogan. Otherwise tickets are sold on first come basis."
Unfortunately that is not how the Algorithm works. When the tickets went on sale they were for the corners i.e lower Cusack 310, 311 and 301 and 302. Today better seats have come on sale in full blocks in 304 and 308 etc.

My thinking is that the people who will definitely go buy first so release the worse off seats then and then people who are only thinking of going buy tickets later. IF they are offered tickets in the corner then they wont go but if they can get tickets nearer the middle or 45 then that might sway them to buy. Of course this only works on a game that wont sell out.

dats_rite (Australia) - Posts: 24 - 18/06/2026 11:03:11    2680408

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Replying To joeteor:  "Ah I thought season tickets would be covered with central Hogan so was hoping central Cusack lower would open up, I'll have a other look."
No, season tickets have always been lower Cusack, since 2013 anyways.

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1891 - 18/06/2026 13:22:01    2680440

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Replying To dats_rite:  "Unfortunately that is not how the Algorithm works. When the tickets went on sale they were for the corners i.e lower Cusack 310, 311 and 301 and 302. Today better seats have come on sale in full blocks in 304 and 308 etc.

My thinking is that the people who will definitely go buy first so release the worse off seats then and then people who are only thinking of going buy tickets later. IF they are offered tickets in the corner then they wont go but if they can get tickets nearer the middle or 45 then that might sway them to buy. Of course this only works on a game that wont sell out."
You must'n be talking about Season Ticket holders? For Season Ticket holders 305 & 306 were the options first and when they were sold out 304 & 307 were the options.

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 1021 - 18/06/2026 14:07:09    2680450

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Replying To dats_rite:  "Unfortunately that is not how the Algorithm works. When the tickets went on sale they were for the corners i.e lower Cusack 310, 311 and 301 and 302. Today better seats have come on sale in full blocks in 304 and 308 etc.

My thinking is that the people who will definitely go buy first so release the worse off seats then and then people who are only thinking of going buy tickets later. IF they are offered tickets in the corner then they wont go but if they can get tickets nearer the middle or 45 then that might sway them to buy. Of course this only works on a game that wont sell out."
The season ticket deadline was at 10am today. I'd imagine the new tickets showing in the more central Cusack blocks were the tickets not taken up by season ticket holders.

Beagslife (Donegal) - Posts: 8 - 18/06/2026 14:13:15    2680452

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Replying To Beagslife:  "The season ticket deadline was at 10am today. I'd imagine the new tickets showing in the more central Cusack blocks were the tickets not taken up by season ticket holders."
Exactly

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 1021 - 18/06/2026 15:07:18    2680461

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Season Ticket holder since 2013. Lower Cusack 303, down the very front. Following on from Terrace tickets for Down and Cork games. You'd swear they were trying to get rid of you.

Ticketmassacre strikes again.

SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 936 - 18/06/2026 15:45:30    2680470

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Will be interesting to see but I hate this dance with Croker every season on ticketmaster.
Just offer fans looking to actually buy early a decent central view.

What's the predictions on this weekends attendance?

0-29k
30-40k
40-50k
50k +

I genuinely have no idea. I would hope it will be over 30k but cannot see it getting anywhere near 50k.

shaggykev (Donegal) - Posts: 491 - 18/06/2026 17:09:33    2680497

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Replying To SouthOfTheGap:  "Season Ticket holder since 2013. Lower Cusack 303, down the very front. Following on from Terrace tickets for Down and Cork games. You'd swear they were trying to get rid of you.

Ticketmassacre strikes again."
I was straight in when the window opened at 10am on tuesday and the tickets i was allocated was not too bad but not covered if wet.I was wondering does it make any difference when Season holders buy their tickets i.e. if you waited until Thursday would you get the same tickets.Are they allocated pre sale.

gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1255 - 18/06/2026 19:34:30    2680510

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Replying To gunman:  "I was straight in when the window opened at 10am on tuesday and the tickets i was allocated was not too bad but not covered if wet.I was wondering does it make any difference when Season holders buy their tickets i.e. if you waited until Thursday would you get the same tickets.Are they allocated pre sale."
They may block out a few more tickets for season ticket holders than they actually need, and with this match not expected to be a huge attendance, it's probably worth waiting.

Between the rally this weekend, the distance to Dublin, and the fact there wasn't much for Donegal supporters to cheer about last week, I'd imagine a good number of Donegal season ticket holders simply didn't purchase tickets in the usual numbers. That's likely another reason why tickets have reappeared.

That said, for certain matches you're better off buying early. Take last year's semi-final for example - it sold out and became a real scramble. People going through clubs trying to source tickets, often ending up with poor seats, and nothing additional appeared on Ticketmaster.

For anyone interested in potential attendance figures, Croke Park publishes community information notices ahead of major events:

https://crokepark.ie/communityinfo?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Croke%20Park%20Community%20Information%20-%2019th%2020th%20%2021st%20June&utm_content=Croke%20Park%20Community%20Information%20-%2019th%2020th%20%2021st%20June+Preview+CID_170e6efc3733f6721d548f1af635653a&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=httpscrokeparkiecommunityinfo

Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 1020 - 19/06/2026 09:29:13    2680541

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Thompson back in the 26

Samforthehills26 (Donegal) - Posts: 10 - 19/06/2026 10:42:31    2680559

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Mulreany back in is a surprise

benjyyy (Donegal) - Posts: 1453 - 19/06/2026 11:23:49    2680571

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