Tickets for Indo-Pak encounter in ICC T20 World Cup listed for a high price
Tickets for Indo-Pak encounter in ICC T20 World Cup listed for a high price
New York June 8: While the much-awaited India-Pakistan ICC T20 World Cup match coming up on Sunday, the ticket for the match has been listed for $175,400 on the resale market, Stubhub, where tickets for entertainment and sports events can be legally sold with markups.
It doesn’t mean that the ticket will be sold at that price – it’s just the price that the seller wants.
Compounding the mystery of that high price, tickets in adjacent rows in Section 252, were listed for far less: $693 in Row 21 and $801 in Row 19.
A ticket for a seat in that section, without disclosing the seat or row number is also listed on another resale site, Viagogo, for that same price, perhaps by the same person.
The month-long tournament currently underway in the USA and Caribbean islands is turning out to be a highly profitable business for the resale traders.
Till Friday night, a few tickets were still available on the official ICC website without markups and were priced between $10,000 in the Diamond Club section and $1,500 in the Boundary Club section.
Between them were Premium Club Lounge section tickets for $2,750 for the Corner Clubs section and $3,000 for the Cabanas section.
There are stark differences in pricing and demand between matches and they can be seen with Saturday’s Netherlands-South Africa match at the same venue: Tickets were available for between $120 for Premium and $700 for Premium Club sections on the ICC site.
Tickets for the upcoming India-US match on Wednesday are listed at $300 for Premium, $1,000 for Premium Club Lounge, Cabanas for $1,350, and Diamond Club for $7,500.
EOM.