Blatter to inspect 3 WC stadiums
Sepp Blatter inspects World Cup stadiums
Posted: 25 May 2010
Time: 09:06 am
Fifa president Sepp Blatter will visit World Cup stadiums in Polokwane, Nelspruit and Port Elizabeth this weekend to inspect venues he has yet to see.
Fifa said on Monday that Blatter will travel to the Peter Mokaba and Mbombela stadiums, and the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth - all three of which are struggling with poor ticket sales.
Blatter will be joined on a two-day tour by Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke, local organising committee chairman Irvin Khoza and chief executive Danny Jordaan. He will unveil a commemorative plaque at each of the stadiums.
Last week Valcke said Fifa has problems with disappointing ticket sales in the three cities.
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DEAR MR BLATTER,
FIRST OF ALL MBOMBELA AND ITS SORROUNDING AREAS ARE WILLING TO FILL UP THE STADIUMS BUT HERE IS THE STUMBLING BLOCK ON IT
1.TICKETS COME AND GO ON THE TICKETING CENTERS (catergory 4)
2.ONLY US WHO ARE IN AND ARROUND NELSPRUIT WHO DO MANAGE TO PURCHASE THOSE TICKETS THAT ON THE MARKET
3.THE IS ONLY ONE TICKETING CENTER FOR THE WHOLE OF MPUMALANGA LOWVELD, YES FNB IS ALSO CELLING BUT ALSO I DON'T THINK THAT SERVICE THERE IS UP TO SCRATCH
4.WE HAVE THE WHOLE OF NKOMAZI AREA THAT IS ALSO WILLING TO BE PART OF THIS GLOBAL EVENT BUT WHERE CAN THE GET THE TICKETS FAST AND EASY?
5.DID ANYBADY EVER SAW FNB IN BADPLAAS? (talking about the main branch not atm)NO, SO FIFA AND SAFA ARE MOURNING ABOUT US BY NOT FILLING UP MBOMBELA BUT THE SAME PEOPLE WHO MUST FILL UP THE STADIUM THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO BUT TICKRTS
THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT SO DIFICULT TO PACK THE STANDS FULL, SO PLS TRY TO LOOK AROUND THAT I'M TELLING YOU GUYS IF YOU SOLVE THE TICKETING PROBLEM, MBOMBELA WILL BE PACKED TO CAPACITY
MZANSI 4 LIFE, MBOMBELA BY NATURE AND STILL PROUD!
DEAR MR BLATTER,
FIRST OF ALL MBOMBELA AND ITS SORROUNDING AREAS ARE WILLING TO FILL UP THE STADIUMS BUT HERE IS THE STUMBLING BLOCK ON IT
1.TICKETS COME AND GO ON THE TICKETING CENTERS (catergory 4)
2.ONLY US WHO ARE IN AND ARROUND NELSPRUIT WHO DO MANAGE TO PURCHASE THOSE TICKETS THAT ON THE MARKET
3.THE IS ONLY ONE TICKETING CENTER FOR THE WHOLE OF MPUMALANGA LOWVELD, YES FNB IS ALSO CELLING BUT ALSO I DON'T THINK THAT SERVICE THERE IS UP TO SCRATCH
4.WE HAVE THE WHOLE OF NKOMAZI AREA THAT IS ALSO WILLING TO BE PART OF THIS GLOBAL EVENT BUT WHERE CAN THE GET THE TICKETS FAST AND EASY?
5.DID ANYBADY EVER SAW FNB IN BADPLAAS? (talking about the main branch not atm)NO, SO FIFA AND SAFA ARE MOURNING ABOUT US BY NOT FILLING UP MBOMBELA BUT THE SAME PEOPLE WHO MUST FILL UP THE STADIUM THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO BUY TICKETS
THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT SO DIFICULT TO PACK THE STANDS FULL, SO PLS TRY TO LOOK AROUND THAT I'M TELLING YOU GUYS IF YOU SOLVE THE TICKETING PROBLEM, MBOMBELA WILL BE PACKED TO CAPACITY
MZANSI 4 LIFE, MBOMBELA BY NATURE AND STILL PROUD!
My brother it doesnt work like that. Yes they r strugglin to fill the stadia's bt remember most of the games going there r in my opinion "boring games". Most ppl dont want to c boring games.
@Velaphi big up to u my man. Solutions r needed not other ppl to say games must b moved to other cities. Im from Sharpeville n works @Bloemfontein. Bt I hav bought tickets for all Bafana games plus 2 other games in Bloem. If I was in either of this stadias I would hv atleast bought 2 tickets - for the love of the game