Over 100,000 tickets have been sold to ANZ Stadium's upcoming football feast, as the Sydney venue gears up for its biggest weekend of sport since the 2000 Olympics.
The AFL and NRL's contest to draw a larger crowd in their respective weekend finals fixtures remains on a knife's edge.
Bumper crowds are expected when Sydney host Collingwood in an AFL preliminary final on Friday night before Canterbury and South Sydney meet in an NRL equivalent the following night.
The AFL confirmed on Wednesday night that 54,000 tickets to Sydney's home final had been sold.
Interestingly, the figure is higher than the AFL game between Hawthorn and Adelaide at the MCG on Saturday, which has a total of 50,000 tickets sold.