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Besides Akram, about a half-dozen owners or employees of businesses in the area told The Times that their sales had dropped by about 50% in the last week.

A selection of platinum and gold discs, recognising millions of record sales, will also be on show.

Ticket sales are so sluggish, the Athletic reported, fewer than a third of the 65,326 seats for Saturday’s opening game had been sold less than 10 days before the game.

The Rosses say the company's sales manager, Patrick O'Donovan, assured them they could make a good income from renting out the lodge.

He said it meant Ticketmaster could have connected the accounts and credit cards originally purchasing tickets with those selling in bulk on resale sales, and stop them reselling.