The Indian fans waiting to see World cup 2011 final on April 2nd at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai have good news to share. BCCI has decided to sell 1000 more tickets for general public for the final of World cup 2011 to be played at Wankhede Stadium. The stadium has total capacity of 40,000 spectators and out of which 36,000 will be given to sponsors, state cricket association and others and rest 4,000 tickets will be for general public. Previously only 3,000 tickets were meant for general public.
This came after ICC was unhappy with the online ticket sale process few days back and also people not getting tickets even after booking 6 months in advance. Speaking to the media Ratnakar Shetty, tournament director of the World Cup, 2011 denied that only 4,000 cricket fans will be getting tickets. He explained that people who will be given 36,000 tickets are also fans of cricket and shall be counted for. He also said that tickets were given to members of different clubs like Gymkhana club who are also cricket fans.
The tickets for final match of World cup 2011 were sold available online at Kyazoonga.com (official online ticketing partner) but due to heavy traffic the site crashed and could not be opened for a long period. Company claimed that it received more than 10 million hits which are 25% hits Facebook and hence it’s difficult to keep site running at that scale of traffic. The company also attributed that ticket booking involves transaction which further put pressure on server and hence problem occurred.
The final of ICC Cricket World cup 2011 will be played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 2nd. Given the craze for cricket in India, many fans have to content with seeing match at home only.
This came after ICC was unhappy with the online ticket sale process few days back and also people not getting tickets even after booking 6 months in advance. Speaking to the media Ratnakar Shetty, tournament director of the World Cup, 2011 denied that only 4,000 cricket fans will be getting tickets. He explained that people who will be given 36,000 tickets are also fans of cricket and shall be counted for. He also said that tickets were given to members of different clubs like Gymkhana club who are also cricket fans.
The tickets for final match of World cup 2011 were sold available online at Kyazoonga.com (official online ticketing partner) but due to heavy traffic the site crashed and could not be opened for a long period. Company claimed that it received more than 10 million hits which are 25% hits Facebook and hence it’s difficult to keep site running at that scale of traffic. The company also attributed that ticket booking involves transaction which further put pressure on server and hence problem occurred.
The final of ICC Cricket World cup 2011 will be played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 2nd. Given the craze for cricket in India, many fans have to content with seeing match at home only.
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