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| Half a Million World Cup Tickets Remain Unsold - Organisers Getting Worried |
 World Cup organizers said on Friday that half a million tickets remain unsold and fear that empty stadiums will prevail at football’s showcase global event. FIFA said tickets would go on sale over the counter to the general
public in South Africa on April 15 and they will then have less than
two months to sell nearly a quarter of the tournament’s total match
tickets to avoid ghostly stadiums.
“I think that today there is one challenge that we definitely have to work on,” FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke told The Associated Press. “It’s to make sure all the stadiums are full and that we are selling all these tickets.”Organizers conceded their initial online process was not suited to African fans, who are generally poor, do not have credit cards and are not used to buying tickets on the Internet. Valcke added, “There is always time to learn,” while organizing committee chief Danny Jordaan said it would be “tragic” for the host country if stadiums were empty. “If we do have empty stadiums, it will reinforce the idea that football is not supported in the country and that would be tragic,” Jordaan said. “The reality is that this is a football-mad country.” But sales have not reflected that. Jordaan urged fans to “go buy now” at the 11 World Cup ticketing centers and at supermarkets and banks. Related Articles: Live Nation Unloads U.K. Theatre Division for Approximately U.S. $160 Million Live Nation
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Football Fans Advised to Book Early for the World Cup With England successfully qualified for the World Cup in South
Africa, thousands of fans will already be looking forward to what's
sure to be a feast of football. Conservative estimates predict that at least 20,000 England fans
will descend on South Africa next June and the scramble for tickets...
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