Smsa Gives New Ticket System Thumbs Up After Pirates-sundowns Clash

Stadium Management SA SMSA MD Bertie Grobbelaar has revealed how it thwarted fraudulent ticketing operations on Sunday when Orlando Pirates beat Mamelodi Sundowns at FNB Stadium.

SMSA ditched Ticketpro for Open Tickets last month after uncovering alarming fraudulent ticketing activities at the last Soweto derby at FNB Stadium on February 1.

The venue ended up accommodating over 100,000 fans when only 87,000 tickets had been sold.

SMSA later said some fans had used fake tickets while others had bribed security personnel to gain entrance. The company that oversees FNB and Orlando Stadiums also revealed Ticketpro had used till slip tickets that could easily be counterfeited.

The Pirates-Downs fixture was the third and biggest game at the stadium to use the Open Tickets system since it was introduced.