- Mogul invests in 2010 ships
Former German media mogul, Leo Kirch has invested in hotel ships to provide accommodation during the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, German Spiegel news magazine reported.
Kirch's company, KF 15, has helped fund two cruise ships which are to dock in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth and function as hotels during the World Cup finals, Spiegel reported.
The luxury liners in question, MS Westerdam and MS Noordam, offer a combined total of 4,600 beds. The cost for the two ships is estimated at upwards of €10 million.
FIFA president, Joseph Blatter had previously suggested that cruise ships could be the solution to the 15,000 hotel beds lacking for the month-long World Cup finals.
However, the idea could only be a partial solution as Durban and Port Elizabeth are the only host cities that could accommodate such large ships.
LOC ready for 2010 draw
As the world's best football nations fight through gruelling qualifying campaigns to make it to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, one of the world's most picturesque cities stands ready to warmly welcome them.
Cape Town mayor Dan Plato and Chief Executive Officer of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee, Danny Jordaan, have signed the service level agreement for Cape Town to host the tournament's final draw at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on December 4 this year.
The draw, which is expected to be broadcast in almost 200 countries and attended by about 2,000 guests and around 800 media representatives, will determine the match order for the world's top 32 teams who will contest Africa's first FIFA World Cup from June 11 to July 11, 2010.
The agreement sets out the roles and responsibilities for the two parties in staging the event and to provide all the necessary support services.
Ticket price spike expected
Fans from Europe and the Americas have bought the bulk of tickets for the 2010 World Cup so far, with African countries trailing, the head of host South Africa's organising committee said .
The month-long tournament will be hosted for the first time on the African continent and has been touted as a continental event.
Only five African countries, including host South Africa, are able to qualify. More Africans may purchase tickets if their countries qualify, said Danny Jordaan, chief executive of South Africa's World Cup organising committee.
"We sold just over 800,000 (out of a total of 3.2 million) of which about 240,000 were sold inside South Africa," Jordaan told a media briefing in Cape Town, host venue for the final draw on December 4.
"Very few of those tickets are on the African continent, the highest number is in Ghana, but most of the tickets have gone to Europe and the United States."
Former German media mogul, Leo Kirch has invested in hotel ships to provide accommodation during the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, German Spiegel news magazine reported.
Kirch's company, KF 15, has helped fund two cruise ships which are to dock in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth and function as hotels during the World Cup finals, Spiegel reported.
The luxury liners in question, MS Westerdam and MS Noordam, offer a combined total of 4,600 beds. The cost for the two ships is estimated at upwards of €10 million.
FIFA president, Joseph Blatter had previously suggested that cruise ships could be the solution to the 15,000 hotel beds lacking for the month-long World Cup finals.
However, the idea could only be a partial solution as Durban and Port Elizabeth are the only host cities that could accommodate such large ships.
LOC ready for 2010 draw
As the world's best football nations fight through gruelling qualifying campaigns to make it to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, one of the world's most picturesque cities stands ready to warmly welcome them.
Cape Town mayor Dan Plato and Chief Executive Officer of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee, Danny Jordaan, have signed the service level agreement for Cape Town to host the tournament's final draw at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on December 4 this year.
The draw, which is expected to be broadcast in almost 200 countries and attended by about 2,000 guests and around 800 media representatives, will determine the match order for the world's top 32 teams who will contest Africa's first FIFA World Cup from June 11 to July 11, 2010.
The agreement sets out the roles and responsibilities for the two parties in staging the event and to provide all the necessary support services.
Ticket price spike expected
Fans from Europe and the Americas have bought the bulk of tickets for the 2010 World Cup so far, with African countries trailing, the head of host South Africa's organising committee said .
The month-long tournament will be hosted for the first time on the African continent and has been touted as a continental event.
Only five African countries, including host South Africa, are able to qualify. More Africans may purchase tickets if their countries qualify, said Danny Jordaan, chief executive of South Africa's World Cup organising committee.
"We sold just over 800,000 (out of a total of 3.2 million) of which about 240,000 were sold inside South Africa," Jordaan told a media briefing in Cape Town, host venue for the final draw on December 4.
"Very few of those tickets are on the African continent, the highest number is in Ghana, but most of the tickets have gone to Europe and the United States."
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