{"id":9186,"date":"2010-06-02T11:55:06","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T09:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=9186"},"modified":"2010-06-02T11:55:52","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T09:55:52","slug":"world-cup-match-attendance-staying-on-the-fifa-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/world-cup-2010\/world-cup-match-attendance-staying-on-the-fifa-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup match attendance: staying on the FIFA ball!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>All purchasers of tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup are presented with a “2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Official Ticket Guide”, which contains 42 pages of information about the ten stadiums as well as all the rules and regulations, in heavy legal terms,\u00a0pertaining to entering the stadiums and watching the matches.<\/p>\n

The rules are the following:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Lost tickets will not be replaced<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 Stadiums are open three hours prior to matches (4 hours for the Opening and Final matches).\u00a0\u00a0Ticketholders are urged to arrive as early as possible<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 Tickets are not sold at the stadiums nor can be collected from there.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 “…Ticket Applicants may not sell, offer for sale, resell, donate or otherwise transfer their Ticket in any way, without the specific prior written approval of FIFA”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 Items that one may not bring into the stadium include fireworks, helmets, weapons, hammers, flammable spray cans, laser pointers, umbrellas (interesting, given the winter weather likely for Cape Town particularly!), all for security reasons, nor “alcohol or drugs”, “bottles, cups, jugs or cans”, or anything in Tetra packaging.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0 One may not stand on the seats or “climb on any structures”; throw any items on the pitch; block or obstruct walkways, entrances or emergency exits; access any prohibited areas; or “act in a confrontational manner to other spectators or stadium officials”.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Importantly, one may not leave <\/strong>the stadium during the match at all, nor in the interval, to buy some food at\u00a0McDonalds in Cape Town, for example, as one will not be let back into the stadium – there is no pass or system to record that one arrived with a ticket.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0 One should expect security checks, including “submitting to inspections, body checks,\u00a0and removal of items that are prohibited to use , possess, hold or bring into the Stadium on match days”<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0 Flagpoles and banner poles are prohibited.\u00a0 Flags bigger than 2 x 1,5 meters are prohibited.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0 Clothing or promotional items with visible branding supporting\u00a0” racist, xenophobic cause, charity, or ideological concern” is prohibited.<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0 No animals are allowed!<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0\u00a0No “ladders,\u00a0 stools, (folding) chairs, boxes, cardboard containers, large bags, rucksacks, suitcases or sportsbags” are allowed.<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0\u00a0 Large quantities or rolls of paper are prohibited!<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0 Branded vuvuzelas are prohibited.<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0 Only cameras with rechargeable batteries are allowed.\u00a0 Video cameras are prohibited.<\/p>\n

16.\u00a0 “Computers or other devices used for the purposes of transmitting or disseminating sound, pictures, description of results of the results via the internet or\u00a0other forms of media” (would this include i-Phones and Blackberries?)<\/p>\n

17.\u00a0\u00a0One is requested to not litter<\/p>\n

18.\u00a0 Smoking is not allowed inside the seating area or on the pitch.\u00a0 There are designated smoking zones.<\/p>\n

19.\u00a0 One may not enter the pitch.<\/p>\n

20.\u00a0\u00a0 Payment inside the stadiums for any food, drinks etc.\u00a0can only be made via VISA credit card or cash (this implies that one cannot pay with any other credit card brand!).<\/p>\n

21.\u00a0 One may not arrive at the stadium under the influence of drugs or alcohol.<\/p>\n

22.\u00a0 Material of any recordings of any kind of any matches can be used by FIFA\u00a0free of charge, yet one is prohibited from recording any matches other than for “private use”.<\/p>\n

23.\u00a0 No promotional items or clothing worn on a match day in a stadium may promote a brand<\/p>\n

What is interesting is that there is no<\/strong> reference to food being brought into the stadium, being prohibited, according to media reports.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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