Abu Dhabi is all geared up to host the first ever Pope Francis’ public mass at 10.30am on February 5 at Zayed Sports City Stadium.

And with hundreds and thousands of Catholics in the UAE, the capacity for the Papal mass has been now increased to 135,000 from 120,000.

That means 15,000 additional tickets will be released for people wishing to attend the ceremony.

However, The National reports a date hasn’t been set for when the tickets will be released.

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Travel restrictions are in place on the day of the event with FREE transport arranged for everyone with a ticket

In order to ensure people reach the event on time, those with tickets will receive both an entry ticket and a transport ticket that will give them access to their choice of ‘Access Hubs’, from where they will be taken to the event on a bus for FREE.

People driving their own car have been asked to park on Yas Island, and then take the free shuttle buses to the venue.