Ticket sell-out for Dutch-Brazil match-up
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) — The blockbuster quarter-final between Brazil and the Netherlands on Friday is expected to provide the first World Cup sell-out at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
Venue manager Archie Charalambous says demand for tickets picked up after the potential quarter-final line-up was clear. He expects to be “overloaded” at the ticket office today and all seats to be sold after yesterday’s wins by two of the favourites.
The Dutch beat Slovakia 2-1 and Brazil defeated Chile 3-0.
The 42,486-capacity stadium’s biggest World Cup crowd was 38,295 for Serbia’s win over Germany. There were 12,000 empty seats for Uruguay’s 2-1 second-round win over South Korea.
Charalambous says “let’s face it, this quarter-final is like a final”.