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As the first day of Phase 3 of Public Ticketing for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 drew to a close across the Host Venues today, this was the pronouncement from ICC CWC WI 2007 Inc. Commercial Director, Stephen Price.
Information from the nine countries in which Official Ticket Centres are located – and in which ICC CWC 2007 matches will be played – has indicated a robust turn-out from the regional public; many of whom had previously signalled that they would wait until now to make their purchases.
“Reports from Ticket Centres show heavy foot traffic – a strong indication that regional fans have indeed been waiting for this phase to buy match tickets.
“This is what we
anticipated and CWC is encouraged to see
Fans were so eager
to get their hands on tickets that they queued outside Ticket Centres in
Marketing & Communications Manager of the Trinidad & Tobago Local Organising Committee (LOC), Penny Commissiong-Chow, reported a massive response to Phase 3.
“It has been
overwhelming. All three Ticket Centres, including the one in
Giving details for
certain fixtures, she disclosed that tickets for the India-Sri Lanka clash are
now only available in one stand as well as for half of the Party Stand. The
Pakistan-South Africa Warm-up game at University of the West Indies (UWI)
“Late in the day, we
also saw a lot of requests coming in for
Meanwhile, CWC
Assistant Project Officer – Ticketing, Carla Henry-Baker, indicated there was
“steady traffic throughout the day” at the Ticket Centre in
“People were very excited that they can get their tickets in hand at the same time that they pay. That’s a huge drawing card for the public,” noted Henry-Baker.
Due to a system
configuration issue, the on-the-spot printing of tickets did not take place at
some Ticket Centres. This situation was rectified in
“ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. is working assiduously to resolve the outstanding issues today so that everything will be operational tomorrow,” said Price.
However, he noted that all customers who visited Ticket Centres today were able to make a purchase, be assigned a seat and to receive printed confirmation of their seat, row and block number. Those in the countries with printing problems were asked to return to the Ticket Centres to collect their tickets.
“We have had
contingencies in place which have allowed us to deal with these situations and
to overcome such challenges. CWC would like to thank the
Editors note: The official name of the tournament is the "ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007". The following versions of the Event name are also acceptable: ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 (preferred use) ICC Cricket World Cup ICC CWC 2007 (in prose or paragraph context only) CWC 2007 (in prose or paragraph context only)
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