{"id":136680,"date":"2021-09-30T00:46:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T00:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=136680"},"modified":"2021-09-30T00:56:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T00:56:47","slug":"fans-locked-out-of-suncorp-stadium-for-nrl-gf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=136680","title":{"rendered":"Fans locked out of Suncorp Stadium for NRL GF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 10,000 ticket holders for Sunday night&#x27;s <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-grand-final\" title=\"NRL grand final\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NRL grand final<\/a> will be locked out of Suncorp Stadium, after the Queensland government introduced capacity limits for the match.<\/p>\n<p>The state has recorded six new COVID-19 cases, prompting a tightening of restrictions from 4pm today.<\/p>\n<p>Included in those restrictions is a 75 per cent capacity limit for sporting events, including the grand final between <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/penrith-panthers\" title=\"Penrith\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penrith<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/south-sydney-rabbitohs\" title=\"Souths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Souths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/grand-final-2021-penrith-panthers-south-sydney-rabbitohs-ivan-cleary-wayne-bennett-gerard-sutton\/fecb951e-4b6a-4228-9986-5111e6d0f11c\"><strong>Grand final referee weighs in on feud between coaches<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/messi-scores-superb-1st-goal-for-psg-in-20-win-against-city\/43836fed-4390-4676-b767-805047e0c0a4\"><strong>Messi scores superb first goal for PSG in Champions League<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/ashes-2021-joe-root-refuses-to-commit-to-tour\/6ac72870-3e0b-4414-9666-e7fb20fa866e\" title=\"\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Joe Root still not committed to England&#x27;s Ashes team<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s going to be unfortunate for people, and it is sad, but this is the health advice,&quot; said Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.<\/p>\n<p>The premier said the grand final would have no bearing on any decision regarding a lockdown for all of the Brisbane area, if that&#x27;s what chief health officer Jeannette Young recommends.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;None, absolutely none,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Let me make it very clear, the health of Queenslanders comes first, and as soon as Dr Young says we need to move into a lockdown, we will.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luke__cooper\/status\/1443370494338629635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/luke__cooper\/status\/1443370494338629635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite making the announcement just three days out from the match, the premier was unable to say exactly how it would be decided which ticket holders miss out.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You&#x27;ll have to talk to the stadium and the NRL about that,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;They can factor that in. It&#x27;s going to be disappointing for people.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;My understanding is that the NRL have a method where, I think seats were sold in stages, so it&#x27;s going to be unfortunate for people.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>MORE TO COME.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>More than 10,000 ticket holders for Sunday night&#x27;s NRL grand final will be locked out of Suncorp Stadium, after the Queensland government introduced capacity limits <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=136680\" title=\"Fans locked out of Suncorp Stadium for NRL GF\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136682,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136680\/revisions\/136682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}