 |
| Under-17 FIFA World cup were up for sale recently in Kolkata |
A limited number of season tickets of a particular venue went online for sale at 7.11pm on Tuesday and by Wednesday afternoon, all of Kolkata's tickets (17,124 to be precise) got sold off. However, tickets for the likes of New Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Goa, Kochi and Guwahati were still available.
The major gallop behind this would have been the fact that the organisers offered 60% discount in the first phase, with the tickets coming at a price of Rs 480, Rs 960 and Rs 1920. Furthermore, as per the break-up from the Time of India, the tickets sell-out are 10,536 (of Rs 480), 5,580 (Rs 960) and 1,008 (Rs 1,920).
Javier Ceppi, tournament director, was quite happy with the response his team received with this sale, and while talking about the same to TOI, he said:
"We were told that India was not a country where pre-sales would work and this is the empirical evidence to the contrary. To have sold out the inventory we had put in place in Kolkata and have strong sales in other cities speak volumes about how interested the country is about football and the Fifa U-17 World Cup India 2017. This craze is unheard of and we truly feel that we will accomplish the goal of having full stadia for the tournament," he said.
With that being said and done, the ticket holders will now be able to watch all the 10 games to be held at the Salt Lake stadium, including the all-important final.
EmoticonEmoticon