How many Chorale supporters will sit in the seats of the Halle André-Vacheresse on Friday, during the Orléans reception? At the start of the week preceding the match, Roberto Zaméo announced that the Roanne sporting infrastructure was far from full. But the ticket office manager didn’t seem worried. “It’s going to happen,” he reassured the public.
This relative tranquility can be explained by the fact that the “Christmas match”, a match taking place just before or just after December 25, has been held for many years in a sold-out capacity. And also because ticket reservations by choral supporters are made later. Spectators have in fact gotten into this habit since the relegation of Roanne to Pro B, at the end of the last exercise. “At Friday’s match, there are 2,816 spectators at the moment, 2,900 with orders in progress,” specifies the ticket office manager. Reservations are being made less quickly than in previous years. It’s complicated to have visibility at this level. »
Will the record attendance of this first part of the 2024/2025 season at Vacheresse be beaten during the last meeting of the calendar year at home? To encourage the Choraliens against the Orléanais, co-leaders with Boulazac, the supporters will have to be more numerous compared to the 4,024 spectators received during the derby against Vichy, on December 6 (97-72 victory). The success against Chartres (108-71) on September 13 for the first day of the championship, on the other hand, was the meeting least attended by the Roanne supporters with only 2,800 spectators present in the stands of the Halle. Blois, the last formation hosted by the Choir (defeat 92-97), attracted 3,786 people to the sports venue. “We have not yet had any sold-out matches but the attendance is clearly increasing,” assures Roberto Zaméo.
Four additional meetings
If the ticketing manager also announces that the “best is yet to come”, it is because the season of Antoine Diot’s partners is still far from over with four additional matches to be played at home in the league compared to the last year. For each of the matches until the end of the season, 42% of the places, or 2,118 tickets, have already been taken by subscribers and partners of the club. “Sales to the general public are mainly done online,” specifies Roberto Zaméo.
