“This is the new Disney attraction“jokes one of the salesmen of the Abbé-Deschamps ticket office on Monday July 11. Because, like at the amusement park, the queue stretches for tens of meters, you have to wait 2 and a half to 3 hours to buy his/her season ticket(s) for the 2022-2023 season and the promotion to Ligue 1. AJ Auxerre communicates in the evening: 2,168 people have reserved their places for home matches this year on Monday alone.
Subscriptions nearly doubled
The lift effect
“We break all the records” raves Bastien Thomas, the ticketing manager. Tell yourself that last season, 2,600 people had a season ticket at the Auxerre stadium. This season, the 4,000 mark has been crossed : 4.028 exactly. The renewal campaign, which began on July 2, has therefore borne fruit. And it still has to last until the first day of the championship on August 7.
Bastien Thomas wishes to reassure: the 17,000 places of Abbé-Deschamps will not leave in 48 hours. It is always possible to take out a subscription. And he promises: these are not places behind the posts: “those, we forbid ourselves to sell them!“.