The Ball 2010

My, how time flies. South Africans will be able to buy tickets to World Cup matches from June, according to an article on AllAfrica.com. Apparently, football fans from other countries will be able to buy tickets in September with the a variety of options including follow-your-team type packages being offered.

Worryingly, there seems to be the suggestion that tickets will only be offered as part of a “hospitality” deals ranging from “catering, entertainment, commemorative gifts and parking” to “air tickets, ground transport and accommodation”, although I may be misunderstanding the blurb.

Additionally, FIFA’s selected hospitality provider, MATCH is said to have “acquired 36000 rooms countrywide, including 11000 rooms from small, medium and micro enterprises such as B&Bs and lodges.” So better get booking now if you’re planning to go to South Africa independently…

[Update] Yahoo is running a story claiming that 120,000 World Cup tickets are set to be given away “to allow people from the country’s lower classes to watch… with the cost of the free tickets set to be met by the event’s sponsors.”

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