Euro tickets on high demand
Afp, Geneva
More than 50,000 people ordered tickets for Euro 2008 on the first day of sales, boosting demand to levels more than 10 times higher the last European championship finals in 2004, organisers said Friday.Some 53,978 applications have been received since the first batch of 330,000 tickets for the tournament in Austria and Switzerland next year went on sale on the internet mid-Thursday. "That's 10 times more ticket applications than were received during the first day of ticket sales for UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal," said Martin Kallen, chief operating officer of the joint Swiss-Austrian organising firm Euro 2008 SA. Several internet users reported trouble accessing the www.euro2008.com site to order tickets and the organisers admitted fans had to be patient. The system was running smoothly late Thursday, Euro 2008 SA said.
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