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Original Post Date: 2010-02-25 Time: 11:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Angelique Serrao
This may just be semantics, but Fifa says World Cup tickets will not be discounted.
At a press conference at Sun City yesterday, Fifa general secretary Jereme Valcke said they had “reconfigured’ tickets, moving them from categories 2 and 3 (expensive tickets) to category 4 – the cheapest tickets.
He said only 11 percent of tickets had been sold to South Africans, and Fifa’s target was 20 percent.
“We promised (former) president Thabo Mbeki at the time that we would sell 20 percent of tickets to South Africans,” said Valcke, adding that to attract more South Africans to the games, more category 4 tickets had to be available.
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He said that even though Fifa had made this move, it would still make the $423-million (about R3,3-billion) it needed to cover its costs.
Valcke pointed out that Fifa would not be giving away free tickets to fill stadiums. Every ticket would be sold.
Valcke said he was at a meeting just two weeks ago, where he heard that fewer foreigners would be coming to South Africa than was originally expected.
“In my home country, France, I read that 15 million people earn less than e150 (about R1 500) a month. These people will watch the games at home on their TV. There is a crisis in the world.”
He added that airlines such as Emirates have had to cut their prices to get people to the World Cup. Valcke said the price for a ticket from New York had been slashed from $3 000 to $2 000.
“Suddenly there is an understanding that some of the costs are too expensive,” Valcke said, adding “We are still very positive.”
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You should rather upgrade the tickets of those that bought first rather than rewarding those who paid later with better seats.
Those English and Germans who want to believe that SA is not ready to host the World Cup should rather stay at home. We will deliver the most successful World Cup and Mzansi and Africa will have a ball without them!!
Love their lies. It won’t be long before we hear our corrupt politicians say something like: We did not steal from the citizens of the country, we simply “reconfigured’ the tenders.
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