Tickets for India’s upcoming Asian Cup qualifying spherical match towards Cambodia on the Salt Lake Stadium on June 8 have been offered out inside 10 minutes, forcing the AIFF to situation extra. Chhetri had on Friday urged the state authorities authorities to permit extra individuals than the mere 12,000 tickets allowed for the Asian Cup qualifiers remaining spherical matches.
While the All India Football Federation has made all of the tickets “complimentary”, the state authorities has “allowed just 12,000 tickets” within the 70,000-capacity Salt Lake Stadium to keep away from any regulation and order downside. “They (opposition teams) should feel it. If in a stadium of almost 90,000 people if only 10-15,000 what’s the point of having a home advantage?” Chhetri had requested.
“I hope they (state government) will allow it, otherwise it will be a chaos and they will barge in.” After Chhetri’s response made headlines, there was a gathering between the state authorities and the AIFF this morning and it was “decided to open up the stadium as long as there’s demand”.
“Whoever quoted the number 12,000, spoke out of his hat, it’s all rubbish. There was never any restriction from the West Bengal government. The whole stadium was open to the public,” a dependable supply, who attended the assembly, advised PTI.
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“But, the AIFF initially decided to issue 20,000 tickets to assess the interest. Each ticket costs Rs 5 and since it’s complimentary, the AIFF will have to incur the loss. “The AIFF will never deprive any fan to watch the match. We will keep issuing tickets till the last seat is available in the stadium. More the merrier,” added the supply.
During India’s 2018 Intercontinental Cup marketing campaign in Mumbai, Chhetri additionally had made a passionate attraction within the social media to come back and assist the nationwide group on the stadium.
India’s second and third matches are slated towards Afghanistan (June 11) and Hong Kong (June 14) and tickets for which might be obtainable from June 8 and 11 respectively. India final performed on the iconic Salt Lake Stadium towards Bangladesh in a drawn World Cup qualifying spherical match right here on October 15, 2019.
