On Day 1 of a presale drawing for tickets to the FIFA World Cup next June, the process did not go smoothly for many.
A window officially opened Wednesday morning for soccer fans to enter a drawing for a chance to buy World Cup 26 tickets. The Visa Presale Draw is scheduled to run until 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19.
But hours after it opened Wednesday, in the scramble to get those coveted tickets, people trying to be among the first in line hadn’t even made it to the ticket-buying moment. World Cup organizers told them to be patient, it will take some time.
Soccer fan Florian Ederer talked about his first attempt to score tickets.
“I’m currently in a waiting room, to join a queue to enter the presale draw to determine my eligibility to maybe buy a ticket at a later date,” Ederer told NBC Bay Area.
With matches in 16 cities, including at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium, and fans expected from nearly every country on Earth, World Cup officials say it’s a drawn-out process.
“We know a lot of fans have been excited about this opportunity to start buying tickets … it’s not all happening in one day,” organizers said.
Indeed, there are nine more days left in the presale entry window. After it closes, emails will go out on Sept. 29 about the selection process, giving people dates and times to buy tickets.
World Cup ticket prices will range from $60 to nearly $7,000 per seat.
Source: NBC Bay Area