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World Cup Ticket Sales Continue To Soar
During the first eight hours of second phase World Cup ticket sales, an impressive 185,000 applications were registered with FIFA.
06-May-2009 8:40:08 PM
The demand for tickets for the eight-nation Confederation Cup - now less than 40 days away, has not generated the same numbers as those of next year’s event, but around 340,000 of the 640,000 tickets for the 'Festival of Champions' have now been sold.
The surge for next year's World Cup has been a great deal more spectacular, with a further 100,000 tickets now on sale in the second phase that began on May 4 on a first-come-first-serve basis.
And, in the context of the Confederations Cup, FIFA and South Africa's Local Organising Committee are hopeful that the opening of outlets where tickets are now being sold direct to the South African public will result in significantly improved sales.
Ticket sales for the World Cup have broadly been shared between South African buyers and those from overseas, but in the case of the Confederations Cup an overwhelming 95 per cent have been purchased by South African residents.
Peter Pedroncelli, Goal.com
The surge for next year's World Cup has been a great deal more spectacular, with a further 100,000 tickets now on sale in the second phase that began on May 4 on a first-come-first-serve basis.
And, in the context of the Confederations Cup, FIFA and South Africa's Local Organising Committee are hopeful that the opening of outlets where tickets are now being sold direct to the South African public will result in significantly improved sales.
Ticket sales for the World Cup have broadly been shared between South African buyers and those from overseas, but in the case of the Confederations Cup an overwhelming 95 per cent have been purchased by South African residents.
Peter Pedroncelli, Goal.com
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