
GATE receipts will likely have exceeded a record โฌ5million when the Munster Senior Hurling Championship comes to its conclusion with Sundayโs final in Thurles.
The total attendance for the 10-game round-robin stage of the competition was 270,750, 4,000 more than last season.
The enduring appeal of the Munster SHC is set to continue with a sold-out Limerick/Clare Final.
A crowd of 45,000, if the finalised capacity allows for it, would see the entire 2023 attendance figure of 310,440 eclipsed by over 5,000.
While a marginal increase, combined with the rise in ticket prices, gate receipts will surpass the โฌ5.4m mark that was achieved last year when there was a rise of โฌ655,500 from 2022โs โฌ4.736m figure as a total crowd rise of 48,420 (18 per cent) was recorded.
A stand ticket for a round-robin game this season cost โฌ30, 18 per cent more than admission up to last year.
The price of stand and terrace tickets for this weekendsโ final have also increased from the 2023 marks of โฌ40 and โฌ30 respectively.
Meanwhile, stand tickets for All-Ireland Finals at Croke Park will increase to โฌ100 in July, a โฌ10 rise on last year. Terrace tickets go up by a fiver, as to prices for quarter-finals and semi-finals.
โThis is the first increase to final ticket prices since 2019, and the second in 14 years, and is part of a ticketing review which featured discounts during the Leagues,โ said a GAA statement.
โThe additional ticket revenues generated will underpin a continued growth in our investment into Coaching and Games (โฌ12m), Infrastructural Redevelopment of our County Grounds and Venues (โฌ5m) and the continued capacity to assist club infrastructure through the GAAโs Club Development Fund Scheme.โ