Brussels (The Brussels Morning Newspaper): The event sold out quickly on Ticketmaster due to high demand, with parishes and groups requesting tickets. Organizers plan to prioritize larger groups and add screens for 1,000 extra attendees, with remaining tickets available for individuals on September 12.
It ha been said that alot of people wanted to go to the event, and all the spots were booked up in less than two hours after they became available on Ticketmaster last Monday. This shows just how much interest there was in the event, way more than the number of spots available. The strong demand isn’t just from individual attendees parishes and church groups, which could register groups of up to fifty people are also facing a shortage of available spots. There is a lot of interest in the event among different community groups, making it even harder to meet the high demand with the limited number of spots available.
How will organizers manage high demand for Papal Mass in Brussels?
The event’s organizing committee has noticed a lot of interest, leading them to create a new plan for available spots. First, they will give priority to parishes and church groups that want to attend in groups of 50 people especially those who can travel to the event by bus. This preference is meant to make transportation easier and manage the flow of attendees better. To accommodate more people, the organizers have decided to set up additional screens inside the stadium, which will create space for about 1,000 extra attendees, ensuring that even those seated further away can enjoy a good view. If there are any tickets left after these allocations, they will be put back on sale to the general public on September 12 at 10:00 AM through Ticketmaster, giving individuals or smaller groups a chance to attend the event.
There were also requests from Northern France, the Netherlands, and Germany. Because of the high demand, the organizers of the papal visit decided to limit groups that asked for more than 50 tickets to just 50. They understand that this might disappoint some people. One-third of the tickets were set aside for people with mobility issues and those sold out quickly. Another fourth of the tickets is for young people under 30 who are joining the Hope Happening youth festival, with 7,500 spots reserved for them. Parishes that can’t go to the stadium show the event on a big screen in their church. The Eucharist celebration will also be broadcast worldwide.
