April 14, 2006
Traveling to germany for the 2006 World Cup - getting tickets
As Berlin readies itself for the 2006 World Cup, I'm reading that tickets are getting harder and harder to come by.
This has had two results. First, people are having trouble getting tickets. Buying tickets is going to be expensive. I'll link to a few ticket brokers I know, but be careful: "FIFA says buyers risk being denied entry to games because tickets contain a chip with information personal to the original purchaser." Anyway, here are a couple of ticket brokers I know of: Best Show Tickets Las Vegas soccer tickets (World Cup tickets are on the right), Coast to Coast World Cup tickets, and Ticket Solutions World Cup tickets.
Also, BBC (the article I liked to above) reports that "organisers have taken the unusual step of encouraging fans without tickets to travel to Germany and watch the matches on dozens of big screens around the country, including nine screens in Berlin."
Having been to a World Cup match in 2002 (Turkey vs. Costa Rica), I can say that it is a great experience. I won't be in Germany for 2006, but hopefully in Africa for the 2010 World Cup!
Posted by James Trotta at April 14, 2006 3:25 AM
James, I'll see you in South Africa in 2010! I'm not going to Germany, but I'll be watching the games here in the local bars or Millennium Square, in Leeds. (http://www.millennium.gov.uk/projects/images/BBC_Music_live.jpg)
Posted by: Darren Cronian at April 14, 2006 10:56 AMCool, let's get a group together and all meet up in Africa for the 2010 World Cup!
Posted by: James Trotta at April 14, 2006 1:09 PMSounds like a great idea! Plenty of time to plan and save! :)
Posted by: Darren at April 18, 2006 11:24 AM