Martin Grosz
03/11/2021 6:01 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 03/11/2021 8:31 AM
The pandemic and current flight restrictions do not appear to have mattered.
Nor that there is more than a year and a half missing, nor that the classification of the Argentine National Team has not yet been confirmed.
A World Cup is a World Cup and, before the first chance to witness the Qatar 2022 matches, there were Argentines who broke the "piggy bank" to acquire the only
tickets
available today.
Luxury
options
that require paying
at least $ 150,000
for a seat.
At the moment, despite the uncertainty generated by the coronavirus, the next FIFA World Cup has not been rescheduled.
The plan to play it is maintained as of
November
21
, 2022
.
And with an
unprecedented scheme
given that the eight World Cup stadiums will be very close, no more than 55 kilometers from each other, which will allow several games to be witnessed on the same day.
The problem will not then be the transfer between venues, but to get to the host country.
There are
13,300 kilometers between Buenos Aires and Doha
, the capital of Qatar.
And currently, a
round-trip ticket
with two stops can cost more than
$ 300 thousand
.
Anyway, for the dates of the World Cup the rates are not yet known: they will be confirmed in November.
Nor have traditional tickets been on sale yet.
But it did become possible to buy the so-called "
hospitality packages
": exclusive tickets that allow you to watch the matches with a series
of luxury
services
included, such as food, drinks, preferential location and various amenities.
The new Ciudad de la Educación stadium in Qatar, one of the eight venues for the next World Cup.
AFP photo
These tickets went on sale in February worldwide and can still be purchased from Argentina.
Always paying in dollars or
in pesos at the "card" exchange
, currently at
$ 157.60 per dollar
because the PAIS tax (30%) and a 35% surcharge are added to the official price.
VIP tickets are purchased directly on the official website
of the FIFA
Hospitality
program
or through the authorized tourism agencies of each country, which also begin to offer them with the chance to add accommodation and - later - flights .
VIP tickets and their impressive values
The cost of the "hospitality" tickets that are being offered on the official site starts at
US $ 950 per game
(
about $ 150 thousand
at the exchange rate for tourism), although it is possible to pay up to US $ 4,950 per ticket (
$ 780 thousand
) to access the greatest luxury.
And that applies only to the
group stage
.
Because, for the round of 16, the cheapest VIP ticket available is US $ 1,250 (
$
197 thousand
);
and for the quarterfinals, at least US $ 1,550 (
$ 244 thousand
)
is paid
.
The base value of tickets for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, according to category
With the fixture in sight, one option is to purchase tickets for
specific matches
, even without knowing who will ultimately be the teams that will play them.
But it is also possible to buy ticket packages to
follow a
certain
team
in a certain stage of the tournament, beyond the group and the keys that they play.
For example, if you choose to follow
Argentina
, a VIP ticket package to secure a place in
the three matches
of the first phase requires paying at least US $ 2,850 (
$ 449 thousand
) per person.
If to that is added the
round of 16 match
(4 games in total), the cost is at least US $ 4,100 (
$ 646 thousand
).
And for a package that also includes the
quarterfinals
(5 games), the cost amounts to US $ 5,650 (
$ 890 thousand
).
For the defining matches of the tournament, meanwhile, a package that includes guaranteed VIP tickets for
the semifinal and the final is
worth US $ 6,700 (
$ 1,056,000
) in its cheapest version, although with all the luxuries you can go up to US $ 21,100 (
$ 3,325,360
), according to data provided by
Mundoreps
, one of the official agents of the program in Argentina.
The value of the tickets for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, on the official website
High global and also local demand
"We had much
more sales than expected
, and a lot of interest from customers. The most demanded were tickets for
the three games of the group stage plus the eighth and quarterfinals
, an option that had hardly ever sold much. . There are also sales of the option to see a semifinal and the final ",
Gustavo Signorio, the general director of Mundoreps
, told
Clarín
.
And he explained that the packages with accommodation and services will be launching them soon, this month.
While the flights can only be added when there is a year to go before the ball starts rolling, with rates that will only be confirmed then.
In
Rotamund
, another of the official agencies designated by FIFA, they also said that "there were
many consultations
" and highlighted that, if the Argentine National Team does not qualify in the end, the VIP tickets purchased
can be returned
to FIFA with a penalty of only $ 50 per location.
"The demand for these tickets was extremely high and the truth is that there
are very few left
. Many options are already sold out. Especially the boxes, which were very much bought by the Arabs themselves. But also the cheapest ones, which are being bought from everything the world, "said
Roberto Petti, manager of Rotamund
, to
Clarín
.
Lusail, one of the four stadiums that remains to be completed for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
In the
4Tourists
agency
they
also began to offer VIP tickets.
They say there that they received "
many, many inquiries
" and that they are now preparing to launch various packages with
transfers and accommodation
.
"They will only be available in
mid-April
. The prices have already reached us and I understand that they will cost more or less
like those of Russia 2018.
We are also evaluating offering the option of spending a few days in Dubai," he told
Clarín
Pablo Salas, Sales manager of the firm.
Other agencies, however, have already begun offering the most comprehensive plans.
Buteler
, for example, launched a package with VIP tickets and
14 nights
of accommodation to go to Argentina's three games in the group stage.
The published cost is
US $ 4,800 per person
on a double basis, which is equivalent to
$ 756,500
not including the cost of flights.
A very untraditional World Cup
The emirate of Qatar will be the first country in the Middle East to organize a World Cup and also the smallest: it has just 11,500 km2,
half that of Tucumán
, and a population of 2.75 million inhabitants.
For this reason, it will also be the first World Cup with all its stadiums within
an hour's drive of
each other.
The Cup will be held in November and December, an unusual time, to avoid temperatures higher than 40 ° and even
50 ° C
that can be registered in other months, due to the
desert
climate
of the place.
The stadiums, as promised, will always be at 22 ° during the game thanks to an impressive investment in cooling systems.
On the other hand, those who arrive there from countries such as Argentina must comply with the strict customs and laws of this Islamic country, which include very strict limits on
alcohol
consumption
and the possible arrest of those who commit a
physical or verbal aggression
in full Street.
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