One million FIFA World Cup tickets for sale
Maximum price of $990 to be paid to watch final in Brazil.
A View of Maracana football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO AFP/FILE
RIO DE JANEIRO:
The first batch of nearly one million tickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil went on sale on the internet yesterday.
The chase for tickets has begun even though World Cup qualification is far from over and the draw for the final phase does not take place until December 6.
At least 300,000 of the tickets that went on sale are reserved for ‘those over 60 years old, students and recipients of the Bolsa Familia family grant’, said Fifa on its internet site.
Those tickets are branded Category Four, cost between $15 and $82.50, and are available only to Brazilians.
Foreigners can buy tickets in the other three categories, which cost much more.
Tickets in those categories for the opening match on June 12, 2014 at the Itaquerao stadium in Sao Paulo cost between $220 and $495 while those for the final at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana on July 13 will set back fans a minimum of $440 up to $990.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2013.
The first batch of nearly one million tickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil went on sale on the internet yesterday.
The chase for tickets has begun even though World Cup qualification is far from over and the draw for the final phase does not take place until December 6.
At least 300,000 of the tickets that went on sale are reserved for ‘those over 60 years old, students and recipients of the Bolsa Familia family grant’, said Fifa on its internet site.
Those tickets are branded Category Four, cost between $15 and $82.50, and are available only to Brazilians.
Foreigners can buy tickets in the other three categories, which cost much more.
Tickets in those categories for the opening match on June 12, 2014 at the Itaquerao stadium in Sao Paulo cost between $220 and $495 while those for the final at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana on July 13 will set back fans a minimum of $440 up to $990.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2013.