HARARE Zimbabwean soccer fans are complaining bitterly over the ticket prices for the regional COSAFA Castle Cup matches to be hosted here and are accusing the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) of being insensitive to their plight.The fans are arguing that ZIFA came up with the ticket prices so that they would settle their debts. “These prices are beyond our reach, said one fan.
Harare and Bulawayo are hosting the games, with entrance to games in the first round through to the third-fourth place play-off priced at US$2 for standard seating, US$5 for seating in the wings area (apart from the quarter-final between South Africa and Angola, as well as the semi-finals and third-fourth place play-off, which will cost US$8) and US$15 for the VIP area.
The final in Harare on November 1 will cost US$3 for standard entrance, US$10 for wings and US$15 for the VIP area.