Cape Town Council will (with the tariff increases) ease its financial woes. The Greenpoint Stadium is in financial difficulties as building costs escalate.

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As usual homeowners will be burdened with these un- realistic tariff increases. A year has almost gone by and rates assessment blunders have yet to be rectified, yet increases for the new year have being approved already. Who elected these blood suckers.!!!


Did you know?

The host city must have enough back-up power grids to deal with any power failure at the stadium and elsewhere in the city.
The “City Beautification” clause stipulates that the host city may not authorize or grant any permits for any private or public construction works to be undertaken within the host city for the entire duration of the competition. It says, “For the avoidance of doubt, any construction which is in progress at the start of the competition shall be temporarily suspended for the period of the competition.”
Billboards up to 1km from the stadium and along major routes have to be kept for FIFA-approved advertisers only - and the income from these will go to FIFA.
Free office space with food and beverage dispensing equipment for the local FIFA organising committee
‘Without limitation’ telephone lines, internet connectivity and communications equipment.
Special traffic access lanes for key FIFA representatives and participating teams and officials.
Budweiser to be the official beer for the event.

There are concerns the proposed tariff increases would not meet the city’s accelerated growth and demand for infrastructure.

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Soccer World Cup 2006 prices

The prices for first round group matches ranged from about $44 (R352.00) to $126 (R1008.00), and went up in succeeding rounds to a high of $758 ((R6064.00) for the best seat at the Soccer World Cup final in Berlin.

Cheap/free tickets for the poor

Fifa is looking at either giving away some tickets to the local population, which could come from their sponsors’ allocation of seats, or having very, very cheap prices for South Africans Fifa is worried that, unless action is taken, matches could be played in half-empty stadiums, which would lessen the atmosphere and create a negative impression of the tournament among billions of TV viewers.

It is said that the 1 million tickets allocated to South Africans would be distributed throughout the African continent:

Only 12-15000 tickets will be sold to South Africans.

Its no wonder there will be only about 15000 tickets available locally, at these prices the local South African soccer fan barely earns that amount a month.