The Aviva Stadium had been designated by Leinster as a “neutral ground” in the event of a semi-final, but the Dublin facility is being set up in view of the UEFA Europa League final scheduled for 22 May.
Croke Park sold out in less than two days
So here’s the Croke Parkmade available by the GAA. Tickets for the semi-final of Champions Cupscheduled for May 4th against i Northampton Saintswent on sale the other day and sold out in just 36 hours.
The communication was given by Leinster, making official the sale of all 82,300 tickets put on sale for the match. Leinster had not set foot in the gigantic Irish stadium (the fourth by capacity in Europe) since the 2009 Heineken Cup semi-final, won against Munster 25 to 6 (a very young Jonathan Sexton was on the pitch).
Sold out also in Toulouse
Not just Croke Park, either Stadium de Toulousethe venue that will host the Toulouse-Harlequins semi-final, sold out with the sale of 33,000 available tickets.
