100 per cent ticket sales and almost 100 per cent seat occupancy, just the way it should be.
June 23, 2006 (Press Release) --
100 per cent ticket sales and almost 100 per cent seat occupancy, just the way it should be. All 26 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup matches so far have been sold out, and Organising Committee Senior Vice President Horst R. Schmidts hope that stadiums are not just sold out, but full on the day has thus far been a reality. The number of empty seats in the stadiums has usually been below three figures, with even the tickets returned at the last minute by sponsors or national associations sold on to paying customers via the conditional ticket programme.
Certain elements of the ticket sales process have come in for some harsh criticism, namely Internet sales, the personalisation of tickets to combat black market sales and also the conditional ticket programme. The results thus far, however, could hardly have been better. On Day 10 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ghana were definitely the winners on the pitch, with their 2-0 over the Czech Republic who are second in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings giving them every chance of making the Round of 16. In the words of OC Vice President Wolfgang Niersbach: The real winners at the World Cup are the fans. We havent experienced joyous scenes like this since the reunification of Germany, and this time, there is an international feel to it. This really is a unique experience for our country.
This international feel has already taken over the 12 host cities. 70,000 England fans enjoying themselves in Nuremberg, another 70,000 Swedes doing likewise in Berlin, 30,000 Italians and Americans partying together in Kaiserslautern... football really is proving to be the beautiful game both on and off the pitch. The fact that a group match between Tunisia and Saudi Arabia in Munich drew 66,000 fans, that Mexico versus Angola in Hanover was also sold out, just like many other matches between teams who had not brought many fans with them proves just how big a draw-card the FIFA World Cup is.
And yet there are still some tickets available. A precious few are still occasionally returned, as Guido Stoy, ticket coordinator at the FIFA World Cup Headquarters in Berlin, explains. When we put 50 tickets on sale on FIFAworldcup.com, they are sold out in a matter of minutes, regardless of the game. Clever fans can programme their computers to inform them as soon as new tickets are made available on the system.
Most returns are not sold via Internet, but actually go into the conditional ticket programme, for which fans were able to buy options on FIFA World Cup tickets last autumn. The OCs ticketing department are expecting some significant returns for some of the remaining group matches, such as Costa Rica versus Poland and Iran versus Angola, meaning that the conditional ticket programme should end up with nearly a 70 per cent success rate. The conditional ticket programme has proved itself and become a real success story, said Schmidt.
Source: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
100 per cent ticket sales and almost 100 per cent seat occupancy, just the way it should be. All 26 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup matches so far have been sold out, and Organising Committee Senior Vice President Horst R. Schmidts hope that stadiums are not just sold out, but full on the day has thus far been a reality. The number of empty seats in the stadiums has usually been below three figures, with even the tickets returned at the last minute by sponsors or national associations sold on to paying customers via the conditional ticket programme.
Certain elements of the ticket sales process have come in for some harsh criticism, namely Internet sales, the personalisation of tickets to combat black market sales and also the conditional ticket programme. The results thus far, however, could hardly have been better. On Day 10 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ghana were definitely the winners on the pitch, with their 2-0 over the Czech Republic who are second in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings giving them every chance of making the Round of 16. In the words of OC Vice President Wolfgang Niersbach: The real winners at the World Cup are the fans. We havent experienced joyous scenes like this since the reunification of Germany, and this time, there is an international feel to it. This really is a unique experience for our country.
This international feel has already taken over the 12 host cities. 70,000 England fans enjoying themselves in Nuremberg, another 70,000 Swedes doing likewise in Berlin, 30,000 Italians and Americans partying together in Kaiserslautern... football really is proving to be the beautiful game both on and off the pitch. The fact that a group match between Tunisia and Saudi Arabia in Munich drew 66,000 fans, that Mexico versus Angola in Hanover was also sold out, just like many other matches between teams who had not brought many fans with them proves just how big a draw-card the FIFA World Cup is.
And yet there are still some tickets available. A precious few are still occasionally returned, as Guido Stoy, ticket coordinator at the FIFA World Cup Headquarters in Berlin, explains. When we put 50 tickets on sale on FIFAworldcup.com, they are sold out in a matter of minutes, regardless of the game. Clever fans can programme their computers to inform them as soon as new tickets are made available on the system.
Most returns are not sold via Internet, but actually go into the conditional ticket programme, for which fans were able to buy options on FIFA World Cup tickets last autumn. The OCs ticketing department are expecting some significant returns for some of the remaining group matches, such as Costa Rica versus Poland and Iran versus Angola, meaning that the conditional ticket programme should end up with nearly a 70 per cent success rate. The conditional ticket programme has proved itself and become a real success story, said Schmidt.
Source: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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