JOHANNESBURG - This past Monday, a promise made in September 2008 by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and the 2010 Organising Committee (OC) became reality for 27 000 stadium construction workers as the symbolic hand-over of the first FIFA World Cup ticket took place at the Soccer City Stadium.
Organising Committee CEO, Dr Danny Jordaan, FIFA Secretary General Jrme Valcke and Johannesburgs executive mayor Amos Masondo attended the event to pay tribute to the efforts made in upgrading and building the 10 world-class football arenas.
We want to say a big thank you to the men and women whose hard work, skill and creativity brought us to the point were at today. It is amazing what you have achieved and we hope that you will enjoy your World Cup experience, said Jordaan, who together with the FIFA Secretary General handed over the symbolic ticket to Patrick Geqeza, representing the construction workers who built and upgraded the tournaments 10 stadiums.
I am really proud when I look at the work my fellow workers and I have done over the years. The chance to sit in the stadiums we have built for a World Cup match is a perfect reward, something we would have never imagined, said Geqeza, who has been part of the reconstruction of the Soccer City stadium from day one. The distribution of the tickets to workers will commence on 17 May when those eligible can collect them at the OC venue offices in the respective Host Cities. Each worker will receive two match tickets.
Post published in: Zimbabwe Sports News