[REPORT] PCB to sell tickets for World XI matches at lower price compared to PSL final tickets

[Abdullah719]

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will start selling tickets for the World XI series soon after Eid-ul-Azha.

According to sources, the PCB, for accommodating maximum local fans from every class, has decided to sale out tickets for World XI series in comparatively lower rates than the final of PSL-2 held at the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. The maximum price of the ticket will be Rs 6,000 as compared to PSL-2 final’s Rs 12,000. The enclosures come under this category include Fazal Mehmood, Imran Khan, Waseem Akram and Waqar Younis while the tickets for Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir and Ramiz Raja enclosures will be available in just Rs 4,000 which were sold out in Rs 8,000 for the PSL-2 final.

For the three-match World XI Twenty20 series, the tickets for Nazar Muhammad and Inzamam-ul-Haq enclosures will be available in Rs 2,500, which were earlier sold for Rs Rs 4,000, while the general enclosures tickets can be bought in just Rs 500.

The PCB will set up three mobile units to sale out the tickets. One unit will be installed at the Gaddafi Stadium premises while the other two will be established at the popular places of the city. The cricket lovers can also buy tickets online and they can also get them from different branches of Bank of Punjab. The PCB has also decided to issue free tickets to special cricketers and persons.

http://nation.com.pk/sports/28-Aug-2017/pcb-to-sale-lower-rates-tickets-than-psl-final

 

[MenInG]

Should be free entry for some stands

 

[anonymous_guy]

Should be free entry for some stands

PCB is already spending a hefty amount as pay package to the touring players and then to provide Presidential level security, they would like to recover some amount back in the form of ticket sales, advertisement and TV rights.

 

[Major]

Ticket prices in other country are quite high, so cant complain here

 

[zoeyfactor]

This is very smart. Rather than free, there should be some costs. The amount of mess people make it can be categorized as the "clean up" costs.

 

[Abdullah719]

Tickets for the three-match T20 series against the World XI side in Lahore mid-September will become available online from September 1 (Friday), sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Ticket prices will range from Rs500 to Rs6,000, with the Gaddafi Stadium's Imran Khan and Fazal Mahmood enclosures being the most expensive. Fans will have to pay Rs500 for a ticket in general stand, Rs2,500 for the Inzamamul Haq enclosure and Rs4,000 for Abdul Qadir, Rameez Raja, Javed Miandad and Hafeez Kardar enclosure tickets . Ticket counters will be set up after Eidul Azha holidays, sources said.

http://www.radio.gov.pk/31-Aug-2017/world-xi-series-tickets-to-become-available-from-sept-1

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

Should be in reverse. Expensive Pak VS WXI and cheaper psl tickets.

 

[squarecut]

Should be in reverse. Expensive Pak VS WXI and cheaper psl tickets.

Yes. I too would think likewise.

 

[MenInG]

LAHORE: Many enthusiastic cricket fans had to return home on Tuesday without getting hold of any tickets for the World XI-Pakistan T20 games, scheduled to be played here at the Gaddafi Stadium during the next week.

People gathering for the purchase of tickets for the T20 games at the Liberty Chowk and Lalik Chowk here waited for hours for the General Stand tickets worth Rs500 but failed to get any tickets and resorted to chanting slogans and raised placards against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

In fact, doors of the ticket booths were completely shut and sealed at the two busy areas of the city here and the people were obviously looking quite agitated at that. “I have been standing here since 9.00am,” said a middle-aged man at the Liberty Chowk.

“I have been to the Gaddafi Stadium and back quite a few times in search of the tickets but there aren’t any available. The authorities had informed us that the tickets would go on sale at 9.00 in the morning but the booths have not opened for ticket sale,” he said angrily.

What has exacerbated the situation further is the unavailability of the General Stand tickets which are the only ones affordable for the common man since the other enclosure tickets range between Rs2,500 and Rs8,000.

“People responsible for selling the tickets are telling us that the Rs500 tickets are not available any more. My financial circumstances do not allow me to spend more than that on a ticket,” said another fan.

“The place for the booth is yet to be finalised, we have put it here on a temporary basis,” a logistics officer for eticketing.pk, the PCB’s ticketing partner, said. “Meetings are underway to finalise a definite location. The tickets would not go on sale before tomorrow here at the Liberty Market.”

Asked to comment on the situation, PCB media manager Raza Kitchlew said: “The Lahore Deputy Commissioner Office had asked us to put the tickets sale in the Liberty and Lalik areas on hold for security reasons. He first wants to lay down a security plan as there will be cash involved and the areas will be crowded.”

When probed further as to why the booths at the Packages Mall and Emporium Mall were only selling high-priced tickets for the matches, Raza said: “All of the General Stand tickets have been sold out.”

The tickets for the first T20I were put online for sale about five days ago but not many people have been able to purchase them so far. According to sources, about 35 per cent of the General Stand tickets still remain unsold. The sources went on to add that this could well be a strategy from the organisers to get only the high-priced tickets sold.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1355851/fans-fail-to-find-general-stand-tickets-for-world-xi-t20s