German club sells out 32,066-capacity 'ghost game'
Published
Mar. 11, 2012 12:16 p.m. ET
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German club Dynamo Dresden has sold out its 32,066-capacity stadium even though fans aren't allowed in for its second-division game against Ingolstadt.
Dynamo sold its last ''ghost ticket'' Saturday evening for a game played behind closed doors because of a stadium ban after rioting at a cup match at Borussia Dortmund.
Fans snapped up tickets in a show of solidarity with the club and gathered to watch the game - a scoreless tie - on big screens outside the stadium Sunday.
Before kickoff, Dynamo said it would continue to ''make space for everyone who doesn't want to go into the stadium.''
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Dresden was originally banned from the German Cup next season after the violence in Dortmund on Oct. 25, but the punishment was reduced on appeal.
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