LOOK: Many empty seats for La Salle-Ateneo game

MANILA, Philippines – In what’s so far been a surprising outcome, there were a lot of remaining free seats for the second-round matchup between the DLSU Green Archers and Ateneo Blue Eagles on Saturday, November 6, at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

Usually close to packed leading up to tip-off, the second game between the long-time rivals hasn’t attracted a huge crowd with the first quarter just beginning as of posting time.

Rappler has also learned that each La Salle student was able to purchase 3 tickets in campus leading up to the game on Saturday. Days prior to previous La Salle-Ateneo games, DLSU students were typically allowed to purchase only one ticket each.

[USG ANNOUNCE]
Each student may purchase up to 3 DLSU vs. ADMU Upper B tickets from the Andrew lobby ticket selling. Thank you!

— DLSU USG (@usg_dlsu) November 3, 2016

There were also quite a number of tickets available for sale at the arena on the day of the game itself.

Pretty meh crowd for an Ateneo-La Salle game with teams about to warm up, huh? pic.twitter.com/dMdTNFJHCz

— Naveen Ganglani (@naveenganglani) November 5, 2016

– Rappler.com