PZN vice-president Wojciech Gumny gave an interview, during which he said that 15,000 people were prepared when it became known that they were ready to organize the World Cup competitions in Zakopane. tickets for spectators. An explosion of Pole uniforms could result in too few of them.
The shape of the Poles at this year’s World Cup is satisfactory. In the general classification, David Kubacki is in the lead, Petr Zyla is in 5th place, and Kamil Stoch is in 10th place, just below are Pavel Wansek (24), Tomas Pilch (44), Stefan Hula (48) and Alexander Zniszol (52). The ski jumping competition in Zakopane was in doubt for some time due to the condition of the lift located on the ski jumps, but everything is already organized and the competitions in the Tatra capital will take place as planned. However, an unexpected problem arose.
PŚ in Zakopane. Did the organizers provide too few tickets?
Before the coronavirus pandemic, the organizers of the World Cup competitions in Zakopane provided 23,000. tickets on sale. In 2020, no one entered the stands due to restrictions related to COVID-19. A year later, only 6.5 thousand were sold. tickets, but the jumpers were not impressed, as they took only 6th place in the team, and Piotr Zhyla (17) became the best Pole in the individual competition.
PZN vice-president Wojciech Humny admitted that this was one of the reasons for reducing the number of tickets to 15,000 for the January contests. The sale started in mid-September, and the cheapest ticket costs PLN 200.
– When we reported on the mass event, we thought that 15,000 tickets would be enough. Back then, fans didn’t buy more than a third. In any case, they are still on sale, and a little more than a week is left before the competition, - Gumny’s words are quoted by sport.interia.pl.
Ticket pool can be increased
Wojciech Humný adds that this state of affairs was also caused by inflation, and not all fans will want to come to Zakopane to support Turnbichler’s Eagles. PZN also did not expect the Poles to perform so well this season. In any case, the pool of tickets can be increased.
If you run out of tickets, the Mass Events Act will allow you to sell more tickets than we originally announced. However, remember that the more fans, the higher the costs of organizing competitions, and they are monstrous. For example, we need to hire more security or medical services, added the vice president of PZN.
Source: Wprost
