The franchise owners of the Mumbai Indians, who have the rights for the ticket sales for semi-finals and the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played here, have drastically slashed the ticket prices.A spokesman for the franchise management said here that seeing the huge demand for tickets within the country and overseas, the organisers had decided to cut down the ticket prices as a goodwill gesture so that they are affordable to the fans.
The revised prices for the semi-finals, to be played at the Wankhede stadium Friday and Saturday — tickets for the Vithal Divecha Stand priced Rs 400 as against the original Rs 6,000, while it will be Rs 1,000 instead of Rs 5,000 for the Sunil Gavaskar upper stand.
For the Vijay Merchant upper stand, the price has been slashed to Rs 1,000 from Rs 10,000 and those wanting to buy tickets for the Sachin Tendulkar stand they will be paying only Rs 500 for a Rs 2,000 ticket. And the tickets for the North Stand will also be Rs 500 and not Rs 2,000 as originally priced.
For Sunday’s final at the DY Patil Stadium, tickets for the Bay/Stands C, F, K, N lower tiers will be Rs 500, Rs 1,000 for tier 3 and Rs 500 for tier 4.
Tickets for Bay/Stands D, E, L, M will be of Rs 500 for lower tiers 1 and 2, Rs 1,000 for tier 3 and Rs 250 for tier 4.
For Bay/Stands B, G, H, I, J, O the tickets prices are Rs 1,000 for lower tiers 1 and 2, Rs 2,000 for tier 3 and Rs 1,000 for tier 4.
For Bay/Stands A and P, the tickets have been priced at Rs 2,000 for tiers 1, 2 and 4.
All other ticket prices remain as printed on the tickets.
Source:indiatoday.digitaltoday.in
I live in South Africa where the 2nd DLF-IPL Super T 20 was played due to security issues in your country.
I can see why now, having read about the cutting of the price on tickets for the semi-finals and the final. I mean ,if they can cut the prices by so much, then I guess the standard game tickets must be where you guys are making your money, and ripping off the fans , big time.
I do however see that your matches are played so that all teams play each other, and get the chance to get to the top, even by chance. To me that is very Democratic, not like the ICC Cricket games in the world cups, or the soccer world cup ( Rip off by FIFA), or even the rugby world cups.
Only 1 thing bothers me though, and that is the length of time it takes to play all the matches and the time it takes away from viewing any other channels on TV.
I Promise myself that next year, I will not watch any of the games, as I also won’t be watching the world cup Rip-Off by FIFA.
Like you guys, I only see that the top dogs will be making the money, and the fans and the lower class people in your country will still suffer, with no help from you, as it is in our country with our sports adinistartors. ( & FIFA )