This may be a random thought day.
Hands up if you knew the Fifa Club World Cup is going on right now. Sure, of course you did. It's only because Real Madrid actually made news out of almost not beating Al Jazira in the semifinal.
Poor Fifa. They really keep trying hard to make this competition something that anybody cares about.
(The final, Real Madrid-Gremio, happens on Saturday, 9pm, UAE time)
Ticket sales for Russia 2018 have now entered the second "Random selection draw" phase. On the first day of sales, there were 1.3m requests for tickets. No matter whether you applied on December 5th or on January 31st you have equal chance of being allocated your selected tickets. So get in there.
In the first phase (split over two periods in October and November) just under 750,000 tickets were allocated.
The US, China and Israel were amongst the top ten countries from where tickets were applied for. The Americans obviously are still good neutral supporters of football, or maybe they made an over-confident assumption and that statistic was from before they were eliminated. China? They love football and they will spend money to watch it. Israel? No clue.
The cheapest ticket for a group match is $105 (US). A Russian resident can get one for $22. So foreigners will spend a minimum of $315 to watch all three of their country's first round matches. The second round cheapest is $115 and the quarterfinal $175. It's not cheap when it is all added up but if this is your holiday of a lifetime, it is not outrageous. That is, if you get lucky and get all the tickets you apply for. And if you book hotels early and don't wait until your tickets are confirmed.
So head over to Fifa.com and get booking. Free visa to enter the country included.
(The final, Real Madrid-Gremio, happens on Saturday, 9pm, UAE time)
Ticket sales for Russia 2018 have now entered the second "Random selection draw" phase. On the first day of sales, there were 1.3m requests for tickets. No matter whether you applied on December 5th or on January 31st you have equal chance of being allocated your selected tickets. So get in there.
In the first phase (split over two periods in October and November) just under 750,000 tickets were allocated.
The US, China and Israel were amongst the top ten countries from where tickets were applied for. The Americans obviously are still good neutral supporters of football, or maybe they made an over-confident assumption and that statistic was from before they were eliminated. China? They love football and they will spend money to watch it. Israel? No clue.
The cheapest ticket for a group match is $105 (US). A Russian resident can get one for $22. So foreigners will spend a minimum of $315 to watch all three of their country's first round matches. The second round cheapest is $115 and the quarterfinal $175. It's not cheap when it is all added up but if this is your holiday of a lifetime, it is not outrageous. That is, if you get lucky and get all the tickets you apply for. And if you book hotels early and don't wait until your tickets are confirmed.
So head over to Fifa.com and get booking. Free visa to enter the country included.
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