The Leinster Council have confirmed that there are over 10,000 tickets still available for Saturday's provincial quarter-final between Laois and Dublin at Nowlan Park.
The Kilkenny venue for the game, which was chosen ahead of O'Moore Park in Portlaoise due to ability to hold a higher seating capacity, has drawn heavy criticism from certain Laois quarters.
The hopes are that the venue may yet sell out its 25,000 capacity, 17,800 of whom are in the three seated stands at the grounds.
"We'd be hoping for a crowd in the region of 20,000, which is what they're currently talking about in the ticket offices," Leinster GAA commercial manager Cian Murphy told The Irish Times.
"There are about 15,000 tickets sold in advance, by now, so right now we expect there will be a limited number of tickets, for both stand and terrace, available at Nowlan Park on the day, although that could change before Saturday. The obvious advice is that anyone still thinking about travelling should purchase a ticket in advance.
"And the advice would be to get there early, too. Because some Dublin supporters are so used to just rocking up to Croke Park on the day, getting their tickets there, it could be that there'll be a late rush or flurry on the day. We've seen in other provinces already this season that they've been selling around 5,000 tickets on the day of the match.
"If you look back at attendances at Dublin's Spring Series this year [their home league games in Croke Park], they've all been around 20,000. So this would be in line with that. I know it's the first round of the championship, but there wasn't a huge crowd at the Laois-Wicklow match, which drew around 4,500. And that was actually a double-header. There wasn't a huge Laois crowd that day.
"But there's been a massive amount of work carried out on Nowlan Park over the last few years, and it's now fully seated on three sides, with the exception of the terrace, and what is known as the town end. That's 17,800 seats, in total, and the capacity for the terrace has been reduced slightly, with an overall capacity of around 25,000."
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