This is typical bureacrat logic. Instead of reducing prices, they closed the gallery section and force those who are going for the game to buy the more expensive grandstand seat. If people are already disinterested, would they pay more? 
Furthermore who already bought the gallery ticket will enjoy upgrade to grandstand seat, while those who bought the grandstand ticket will feel like suckers. 
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Sport/Story/STIStory_563251.html
Aug 7, 2010
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES: SINGAPAORE 2010
Poor ticket sales force closure
By Fabius Chen
EVEN as momentum builds towards the Youth Olympic Games, the same cannot be said for the sale of tickets for the football tournament.
The response has been so underwhelming that the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (Syogoc) has decided to close the gallery section at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
'There are sufficient seats at the grandstand to meet current demands,' a Syogoc spokesman explained.
The stadium can accommodate a total of 5,719 paying spectators, with the grandstand holding up to 3,856.
Of the Games' 11 football sessions, only one will see the gallery section in use - when Singapore open their campaign against Zimbabwe on Aug 13.
Supporters who have bought gallery tickets for the remaining sessions will be moved to the grandstand, where fans have paid twice as much for their tickets.
Syogoc is confident that those who paid for grandstand tickets will have no complaints.
'The number of fans who have purchased gallery tickets is small and will not impact the majority of those in the grandstand,' its spokesman said.
Syogoc will consider re-opening the gallery section if demand exceeds the grandstand's capacity.
For now, fans will have to make do with grandstand tickets, which cost $10 for preliminary rounds, $15 for the semi-finals and $30 for the final.
According to Singapore Lions Supporters club coordinator Suzanna Foo, this will not be a deterrent for true-blue fans.
'If they really want to come, the price should not be a factor,' she stressed.
But Sunny Lee, who has supported Singapore football since the 1970s, pointed out that Syogoc's move could end up turning more casual fans away.
'Low-income fans like senior citizens and students may want to watch the games but cannot afford grandstand tickets,' Lee, 55, noted.
'Ticket sales are already not very good, so the last thing Syogoc should be doing is pricing people out of the games.'
Furthermore who already bought the gallery ticket will enjoy upgrade to grandstand seat, while those who bought the grandstand ticket will feel like suckers. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Sport/Story/STIStory_563251.html
Aug 7, 2010
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES: SINGAPAORE 2010
Poor ticket sales force closure
By Fabius Chen
EVEN as momentum builds towards the Youth Olympic Games, the same cannot be said for the sale of tickets for the football tournament.
The response has been so underwhelming that the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (Syogoc) has decided to close the gallery section at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
'There are sufficient seats at the grandstand to meet current demands,' a Syogoc spokesman explained.
The stadium can accommodate a total of 5,719 paying spectators, with the grandstand holding up to 3,856.
Of the Games' 11 football sessions, only one will see the gallery section in use - when Singapore open their campaign against Zimbabwe on Aug 13.
Supporters who have bought gallery tickets for the remaining sessions will be moved to the grandstand, where fans have paid twice as much for their tickets.
Syogoc is confident that those who paid for grandstand tickets will have no complaints.
'The number of fans who have purchased gallery tickets is small and will not impact the majority of those in the grandstand,' its spokesman said.
Syogoc will consider re-opening the gallery section if demand exceeds the grandstand's capacity.
For now, fans will have to make do with grandstand tickets, which cost $10 for preliminary rounds, $15 for the semi-finals and $30 for the final.
According to Singapore Lions Supporters club coordinator Suzanna Foo, this will not be a deterrent for true-blue fans.
'If they really want to come, the price should not be a factor,' she stressed.
But Sunny Lee, who has supported Singapore football since the 1970s, pointed out that Syogoc's move could end up turning more casual fans away.
'Low-income fans like senior citizens and students may want to watch the games but cannot afford grandstand tickets,' Lee, 55, noted.
'Ticket sales are already not very good, so the last thing Syogoc should be doing is pricing people out of the games.'
