A quick Facebook read, and it appears that a lot of Auckland FC fans have genuinely missed out. The sort of fans who have been to many games, but yeah not all, and who ain't members.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360980513/auckland-fc-sells-out-stadium-minutes-after-grand-final-tickets-go-open-sale
Go Media Stadium selling out so fast is sure to leave some fans wondering if the final should have been played at Eden Park, which holds around 15,000 more fans if both venues are at full capacity.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360980513/auckland-fc-sells-out-stadium-minutes-after-grand-final-tickets-go-open-sale
Go Media Stadium selling out so fast is sure to leave some fans wondering if the final should have been played at Eden Park, which holds around 15,000 more fans if both venues are at full capacity.
Speaking to Stuff on Sunday, before tickets went on sale, Auckland chief executive Nick Becker said they had wanted to play their first grand final at their usual home venue - just as they had been intending to last year when they won the Premiers’ Plate, but were eliminated in the semifinals.
“For this year it's certainly always been intended to be at Go Media. I think that's the right decision too. In future years I'm sure we'd love to look at taking big games to Eden Park and selling out 45,000. For me, right now, I think we should be playing at Go Media. We should sell that out. We play there all season and we want that to be our home, our fortress. But in years to come, I think Eden Park would be an option.”