davieG Posted 19 July 2013 Posted 19 July 2013 Ticket prices for international fans attending the football World Cup in Brazil will start at $90 (£59, 69 euros) for initial group matches. Football's governing body Fifa announced that the cheapest ticket for overseas fans for the final on 13 July was $440 (£288) and the most expensive $990 (£650). The tournament starts on 12 June next year, with the first game being played in Sao Paulo. Tickets will go on sale from 20 August. Fans have until 10 October to apply and a ballot will be held to decide which of these applications are successful. Only later will tickets be sold on a first come, first served basis. In total about three million tickets will be available for fans. World Cup ticket prices (overseas fans) Matches Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 SOURCE: FIFA. Opening Match $495 $330 $220 Group Matches $175 $135 $90 Round of 16 $220 $165 $110 Quarter Finals $330 $220 $165 Semi Finals $660 $440 $275 3rd / 4th Place Match $330 $220 $165 Final $990 $660 $440 'No surprises' For Brazilian nationals the cheapest tickets start at $15. These are only available for students, those aged over 60 and people on social welfare programmes. For other Brazilians tickets start at $30. The lowest price paid for a ticket in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was $20, also for group stage matches in the special category set aside exclusively for residents. The governing body had previously said that tickets in Brazil would be the "cheapest ever". The Fifa ticket website will include a map of the ground that shows the location of different categories of tickets. This meant there would be "no surprises" over where fans would end up sitting, said Fifa marketing director Thierry Weil, who is in charge of ticketing strategy. Supporters can request a maximum of four seats per match, and for a maximum of seven matches. He said there would be a reselling system run by Fifa, if people were unable to attend games for which they had bought tickets. At least 400,000 tickets will be reserved exclusively for residents of Brazil, with about 50,000 for construction workers who were involved in building and upgrading the grounds for the tournament.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 19 July 2013 Posted 19 July 2013 And they're complaining about not being able to flog the TV rights to pay-to-view companies.
Dan Posted 19 July 2013 Posted 19 July 2013 Sigh. World Cup of half empty stadiums it is then. Well done FIFA, you have officially sold the greatest competition on earth.
EnderbyFox Posted 19 July 2013 Posted 19 July 2013 Sigh. World Cup of half empty stadiums it is then. Well done FIFA, you have officially sold the greatest competition on earth. Don't worry, the attendances are gonna be boosted when we play the world cups in Russia & Qatar.... Right?
Dan Posted 20 July 2013 Posted 20 July 2013 Don't worry, the attendances are gonna be boosted when we play the world cups in Russia & Qatar.... Right? God. Don't remind me. What a joke.
Jordan Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 Not that bad prices actually IMOEspecially for anybody that's willing and able to pay airfare and hotel prices in Brazil next summer.Despite the protests and unrest in Brazil this past summer, it's still the World Cup, and it's still a World Cup in Brazil. People will go.
ADK Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 Prices seem ok really, it's probably the biggest single sporting event in the world. Cheaper tickets for locals is good.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 I paid £50 for my Switzerland away ticket in 2009. That was only a qualifier. I think I paid 80 Euro for my QF ticket last year. So they're really not that bad. Yes the cost of flights etc will be extortionate but people will be prepared to pay the prices. What I hate with the FA is that we've only just played Brazil over there. I know many fans who went to that game and are also going WC providing we make it. Whilst I could never afford that I'd refuse to do both anyway on the principle of The FA not giving a flying ****
Guest Bilo Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 Attendances will be desperately poor in the group stages. FIFA won't learn from it either.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 Attendances will be desperately poor in the group stages. FIFA won't learn from it either. I don't think they will. Not from our part anyway.
purpleronnie Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 I dont think they will either, whether england make it or not.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 I dont think they will either, whether england make it or not. Australia is quite well supported isn't it? The USA too? Sweden certainly is. Spain, Italy,Germany will have decent crowds too. Many fans from different countries will want to go to Brazil because it's appealing, not just the English.
Ashley Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 Just doing research and converting the prices above the ticket prices work out what you would normally pay in the Premier League going to say Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham for the group games anyway.
purpleronnie Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 Australia is quite well supported isn't it? The USA too? Sweden certainly is. Spain, Italy,Germany will have decent crowds too. Many fans from different countries will want to go to Brazil because it's appealing, not just the English. I know I'm agreeing with you.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 Just doing research and converting the prices above the ticket prices work out what you would normally pay in the Premier League going to say Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham for the group games anyway. Exactly.Ticket prices never have been the issue. Flights and accommodation has. I know I'm agreeing with you. Yes I know. I was thinking out loud
Ashley Posted 21 July 2013 Posted 21 July 2013 $495 - £145.45 $330 - £97.03 $220 - £64.69 $175 - £51.46 $135 - £39.69 $90 - £26.46 $220 - £64.69 $165 - £48.52 $110 - £32.34 $330 - £97.03 $220 - £64.69 $165 - £48.52 $660 - £194.06 $440 - £129.38 $275 - £80.86 $330 - £97.03 $220 - £64.69 $165 - £48.52 $990 - £291.09 $660 - £194.09 $440 - £129.38 Taken from this site. http://coinmill.com/BRL_GBP.html#BRL=440
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