Doha: FIFA has sold 29.50 lakh tickets for the FIFA World Cup so far.
This is the figure till Sunday. FIFA President Gianni Infantino stated that the tournament has helped bring FIFA’s revenue to a record $7.5 billion over the past four years. The increase in ticket sales indicates that the matches have a positive response among fans despite the negative publicity surrounding Qatar’s hosting.
29.50 lakh tickets were sold for 64 matches over 29 days. There is a long queue of people waiting for tickets outside the FIFA Ticket Center in Doha. The official online ticketing platform also has a lot of waiting to do. 24 lakh tickets were sold for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Qatar has already surpassed Russia in ticket sales. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, America, Mexico, Britain, UAE, Argentina, France, India and Brazil are leading countries in buying tickets.
FIFA President Infantino had previously stated that FIFA’s 4-year revenue would reach $7.5 billion by the end of the year. That’s more than a billion dollars in revenue growth over what was predicted four years ago. Infantino told the conference attended by 211 member associations that FIFA had amazing figures to report despite the Covid situation and different crises around the world.
English Summary : FIFA says 2.95 million World Cup tickets sold upto sunday