Record ticket prices for webley final.
This season's Champions
League final at Wembley in
May will be the most
expensive for fans with the
cheapest ticket for a neutral
costing £150.
Uefa, who have moved the
game to a Saturday evening
for the first time, announced
their ticket policy at London's
City Hall on Thursday, saying
they expected record gate
receipts of £14 million from
football's most prestigious
club match.
The two finalists are to
receive 25 000 tickets apiece
for their supporters, who will
have the option of buying a
Category Four ticket for £80
although Uefa did not say
how many of those cheaper
seats would be available.
Neutrals buying through Uefa
will be excluded from
Category Four, meaning they
will have to pay £300 for a
Category One seat, £225 for
a Category Two and 150
pounds for a Category
Three.
A fee of £26 will also be
applied to European sales.
Uefa's competitions director
Giorgio Marchetti refuted
suggestions that fans were
being priced out and that
ticket costs had been ramped
up because the final is in
London.
"Last year there was already
an increase, a more
significant increase compared
to the year before," he told
reporters. "If you look at
other comparable events in
football, the Champions
League final is still priced
below that.
SLIGHT INCREASE
"The prices are a slight
increase from last year but
these are the prices for an
event which is the most
remarkable club football
event of the year," added
Marchetti.
"We don't think the
Champions League final is
over-priced. We do not want
to squeeze every single
penny out of the market."
The most expensive tickets
for last year's Madrid final
between Inter Milan and
Bayern Munich were €300,
with the cheapest for a
neutral supporter at €155.
Uefa said 61000 of the 86
000 tickets would be for
"football fans" including 11
000 for neutrals.
Four English teams are still
hopeful of reaching the final,
three from London.
Arsenal and Tottenham
Hotspur are well-placed in
their last 16 ties after first-
leg wins over Barcelona and
AC Milan respectively while
Chelsea face FC Copenhagen
next week. Manchester
United also meet Olympique
Marseille next week.
Tickets go on sale on Uefa's
website on February 24.
League final at Wembley in
May will be the most
expensive for fans with the
cheapest ticket for a neutral
costing £150.
Uefa, who have moved the
game to a Saturday evening
for the first time, announced
their ticket policy at London's
City Hall on Thursday, saying
they expected record gate
receipts of £14 million from
football's most prestigious
club match.
The two finalists are to
receive 25 000 tickets apiece
for their supporters, who will
have the option of buying a
Category Four ticket for £80
although Uefa did not say
how many of those cheaper
seats would be available.
Neutrals buying through Uefa
will be excluded from
Category Four, meaning they
will have to pay £300 for a
Category One seat, £225 for
a Category Two and 150
pounds for a Category
Three.
A fee of £26 will also be
applied to European sales.
Uefa's competitions director
Giorgio Marchetti refuted
suggestions that fans were
being priced out and that
ticket costs had been ramped
up because the final is in
London.
"Last year there was already
an increase, a more
significant increase compared
to the year before," he told
reporters. "If you look at
other comparable events in
football, the Champions
League final is still priced
below that.
SLIGHT INCREASE
"The prices are a slight
increase from last year but
these are the prices for an
event which is the most
remarkable club football
event of the year," added
Marchetti.
"We don't think the
Champions League final is
over-priced. We do not want
to squeeze every single
penny out of the market."
The most expensive tickets
for last year's Madrid final
between Inter Milan and
Bayern Munich were €300,
with the cheapest for a
neutral supporter at €155.
Uefa said 61000 of the 86
000 tickets would be for
"football fans" including 11
000 for neutrals.
Four English teams are still
hopeful of reaching the final,
three from London.
Arsenal and Tottenham
Hotspur are well-placed in
their last 16 ties after first-
leg wins over Barcelona and
AC Milan respectively while
Chelsea face FC Copenhagen
next week. Manchester
United also meet Olympique
Marseille next week.
Tickets go on sale on Uefa's
website on February 24.
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