Construction workers at all the 2010 Soccer World Cup stadiums are
guaranteed two free tickets each to the soccer matches, The Star reported
yesterday.
The decision was announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Wednesday, hours
before he left the country after his four-day visit.
"I have good news for the workers. We have decided, with the Local Organizing
Committee (LOC), to offer about 20,000 workers two free tickets (each) to the
stadiums where they are working," Blatter said at Johannesburg's Coca-Cola Park.
"It's a merit to the workers in recognition of their work in preparing for
2010," he said.
The tickets will form part of the 120,000 bulk free tickets to be given to
South African residents in 2010, a decision announced by FIFA during the 2010
preliminary draw in Durban last year.
The decision came a day after a LOC board meeting agreed that the cheapest
World Cup ticket would be 140 rand (US$20).
Tickets for the World Cup will be sold from January, 2009.
