The new design, used this season, has not gone down well with fans that have had longer wait times than normal, but even for such a high profile game, the queue for members and fans with loyalty points had gone on for well over an hour.Ĭhelsea addressed this issue, writing on the ticket page: "Regrettably, due to system issues, we have to cancel today’s ticket sale. Supporters hopeful of buying tickets this morning (October 13) were left angry, disappointed and frustrated by not being able to gain access to the ticket page, instead being sat in the Virtual Waiting Room system. With just nine days until the heavyweight clash at Stamford Bridge, further complications have been caused for Chelsea fans amid ticketing troubles. Our message to the broadcasters and Premier League is clear - #SortItOut." Not having a comprehensive plan in place is damaging to the sport and its supporters. "When this fixture was first announced back in June, all parties were aware that there was a possibility it would have to be moved due to fixture clashes. READ MORE: Chelsea star Jorginho in AC Milan outrage after what happened during Sandro Tonali interview We remind everyone that we are supporters, not customers.
Five weeks to agree on a time is a disgrace. The fixture date was agreed on August 30. We are 17 days away from the match and supporters have been given no information about what time the game will begin.
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All other matches for that weekend had been confirmed, but due to a battle between broadcasters and the Premier Legaue over TV slots, this specific game had a delayed announcement.Ī statement from Chelsea Supporters' Trust on October 5 read: "It is unacceptable and deeply irresponsible for a KO time not to have been announced for Chelsea vs Manchester United on October 22.
The fixture had already been moved, but no kick-off time was announced until last week, with supporters growing angry at the lack of communication regarding the event. Its shareholders, perhaps, may be hoping that it performs nearly half as well as its doppleganger.Chelsea fans are still unsure as to if they will be able to go to watch their side play Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, October 22 after further disruption. It currently boasts a market capitalization of about $14.6 billion, with its shares up 75%, according to FactSet late Thursday. Meanwhile, Zoom Video Communications Inc., which has the ticker “ZM,” kicked off trade at a $65 price, compared with its pricing of $36 the previous day. Meager-by-comparison 15.5% gain, the Dow Jones Industrial Average’sġ3.4% return and the Nasdaq Composite Index’s On a year-to-date basis, Zoom Tech’s shares have climbed 44,900%, compared with the S&P 500 index’s Was set to go public, Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc., saw its shares soar more than 500%, forcing a halt of its stock.Īt that time, Tweeter shares continued to score bids despite the fact that the Boston-based consumer electronics chain had gone into chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidated its assets in 2008, six years before Twitter’s IPO. To be sure, this sort of confusion between a tiny company with a similar-sounding name, or ticker symbol, and a buzzier privately listed entity set to make a debut on a public market, isn’t unprecedented.įor example, Back in 2013, as microblogging site Twitter Inc. Zoom Tech., for one, hasn’t reported revenue since 2011 and apparently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to end its tenure as a publicly listed company to no avail.Īttempts by MarketWatch to contact the company weren’t immediately successful. Read: Zoom Video raises expected IPO pricing range, boosting potential market cap to more than $9 billion Its recent gains mean that $100 invested in the entity on March 21, when shares were around $0.005, would have netted an investor about $84,000 as of Thursday morning.īusiness Insider spotlighted the apparent ticker confusion back in March, but the shares have only extended their parabolic surge, indicating that seemingly clueless investors continue throwing money (rightly or wrongly, depending on one’s perspective) at the wrong Zoom. Most recently Thursday, shares of Zoom Technologies, which describes itself as a telecommunications company, were up 61%. An over-the-counter penny stock, with the ticker “ZOOM,” which last month was worth less than a penny, has soared an eye-popping 56,000% in the past 30 days, raising the question of whether it has been riding the euphoria surrounding the other Zoom.
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