FNBB sells 500 World Cup tickets

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer | Tuesday June 1, 2010 00:00

She added that a significant number of customers who bought their tickets on line redeemed their tickets at the bank, thereby saving themselves the trouble of redeeming them in South Africa. Selaledi said the majority of tickets sold so far have been for the Ghana versus Australia match in Rustenburg, a venue closer to Gaborone.

She added that Batswana have enquired about tickets for the opening game between South Africa and Mexico, England vs USA, matches involving Brazil and games where African teams are involved.

By yesterday, the FIFA website indicated that the England vs USA match was sold out for categories, one, two and three. Category four, which is the cheapest were currently unavailable. Tickets for the final to be held at Soccer City Stadium on July 11 are also currently unavailable. There are tickets available for the Serbia and Ghana match to be played in Pretoria for category one while other categories are sold out. FNBB started selling tickets over the counter to Batswana last week after hundreds struggled to buy on line. World Cup ticket sales in Africa have been dismal with only 36,000 out of the three million sold outside South Africa.