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Ticket Rush Overwhelms Castrelos 'Pista' Sales

Low prices plus a two-turn nominative sales system have produced long camp-outs along with heavy strain on Vigo's ticketing platform.

Overview

  • The Concello de Vigo limited pista access to 5,000 tickets per concert split into two daily turns with 2,000 sold at the taquilla and 500 sold online per turn under a four-ticket, nominative cap.
  • The first online batches sold out in minutes with the virtual queue peaking near 12,000 users and the mayor saying web sales exhausted in about two minutes.
  • Hundreds of fans camped and rotated shifts at Castrelos for 17–20+ hours to secure tickets, and many stayed on site to queue for the next day's sale for Abraham Mateo.
  • Successive sales have kept pressure on the municipal ticket site and staff as repeated rapid sellouts pushed some buyers to sleep outdoors and created tense scenes at the taquillas.
  • High-profile acts including Chayanne (30 July), Abraham Mateo (7 August) and The Corrs (11 August) are confirmed with €15 platea tickets and free gradas, a pricing choice that has concentrated demand and is likely to shape further sales behaviour.