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AFCON ticket sales.

As I watch Burkina Faso versus Mauritania, I notice that parts of the stadium in Ivory Coast are empty. Maybe this is a less popular game & people would like to watch teams that are favourites like Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon or Senegal. I blogged once how a problem of empty stadiums could be solved in a league but a continental tournament might need a different strategy. I get that Africa isn't the wealthiest continent but are not ticket sales a way to make revenue for this continental tournament? Then surely, ticket sales need to be improved because it would be increasingly difficult for African football to gain finances without ticket sales. This can be done at posting adverts in the media of the more populous qualified countries or countries that can afford a tournament package. A tournament package can be done by selling combined return plane ticket, Visa & accomodation stay to particular groups. Maybe Asians, South Americans & Europeans could be shown such tournament packages as well to watch an AFCON tournament just so we don't limit our market base for this product to Africa alone. 



In South Africa, I did not see a single AFCON ticket advertisement in our media for this tournament & South Africa did qualify for it. I'm sure some South Africans would've loved to know how much it costs to go to Ivory Coast & watch Bafana Bafana or another team at AFCON, the conditions, accomodation etc. a month or two before the tournament starts. Some wealthier people might need just a week's notice to find money to buy an AFCON ticket & plane ticket. Game ticket advertising has been non-existent. Maybe even the CAF website or app could be used to buy tickets but I wouldn't know if they do because AFCON ticket advertising is nowhere.

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