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| World Cup Ticket Sales Deadline Tonight |
 The
latest ticket ballot for the World Cup in South Africa closes tonight amid
concerns over the numbers sold both locally and in Europe. The German football
association has so far sold just 1,916 of the 21,000 tickets it has been
allocated. While the Dutch association is said to have sold 2,000-3,000
tickets of its targeted 10000 and has requested a deadline extension from FIFA.
The Dutch and English fans are traditionally the ones who travel in large
contingents with their teams. Take up
in Africa has been worst of all.
When the Germans hosted the tournament four years ago there were six applications for every ticket. A range of issues have been put forward for the slow take up for this World Cup: The price and availability of flights and accommodation and well-documented concerns over crime are most commonly cited. Supporters have until tonight to apply for tickets, either for individual games or to follow a certain team through the group stage and beyond. There is hope that the sales will pick up in the next phase which will be February 9th to April 7th because picking up tickets on a first-come first-served basis is more familiar to fans. The final phase of the ticket sales will be at point of sale and will start from April 15th and last until the end of tournament. There is concern that many tickets may have to be given away free if the current trend continues. Related Articles: Online ticket retailer Seatwave beats postal strike through HMV partnership Seatwave and UK music retailer, HMV, have joined up with Seatwave in launching an in-store music ticket box office. The partnership will allow customers to buy and sell tickets in HMV right up to the day of the event. Seatwave will also launch an online ticket exchange for HMV.
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