DOLAR PLUS TAKA

1.Final Last-minute sales phase

The final Ticketing Phase begins today, with South African residents able to buy at FIFA Ticketing Centres, First National Branches and also online.

34,000 of these tickets are available in category 4 (the most affordable for South African residents only), 28,000 in category 3, 23,000 in category 2 and 75,000 in category 1. “For the Final there are only about 800 tickets left, but for other matches it’s up to a few thousands”, explained FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke.

So far 96% of the total of 2,88 million purchasable tickets have been sold. The additional 90,000 tickets for public sale have become available following the finalisation of seating arrangements at all FIFA World Cup™ match venues, after the final stadium inspections have been completed, and further adjustments of different ticket allocations.

“The target is to reach about 97 or 98% which would correspond with the figures from the past FIFA World Cups and this would make us very happy,” said Valcke.

“One thing is clear, this is the last big inventory available for the public,” emphasised Danny Jordaan, CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa.

2010 FIFA World Cup™: Schedule

Round of 16:
	Spain	vs.			Portugal					-	29 Jun 2:30pm (ET) on ESPN
Quarter-finals:
	Netherlands	vs.			Brazil					-	2 Jul 10:00am (ET) on ESPN
	Uruguay	vs.			Ghana					-	2 Jul 2:30pm (ET) on ESPN
	Argentina	vs.			Germany					-	3 Jul 10:00am (ET) on ABC
	Paraguay	vs.			TBD					-	3 Jul 2:30pm (ET) on ABC