The trouble Got Tickets Thomas & Uber Cup 2008
World badminton championships Thomas & Uber Cup 2008 finally started well, Indonesia as the host are excited to welcome this prestigious championship teams as well as the community is very pleased to welcome both his capacity as fans, ordinary spectators, participants or as entertainment seekers "cheap" but the quality. I say cheap because the price of tickets for round penyisihannya only Rp. 20.000, - while watching it until satisfied, a ticket valid all day for all matches starting from 8 am until evening. So all parties can be watched only by a ticket. Though inexpensive but not cheap even qualified for this sport is really entertaining with interesting spectacle of alet-professional athletes in their field.
As if not to be outdone by the enthusiasm of people with a passion I also enliven the atmosphere of this by watching directly at Istora. The day came on the day last week I landed in Senayan he he he emang planes can land. When entering the gate Senayan then I was greeted with a friendly course on non-committee or relevant officials who gave the welcome, yes greeted by touts who try to reap profits.
Because at the entrance was greeted warmly by the scalpers I got suspicious and wary lest the tickets are sold out and will not be anymore, and it answered already as I approached the counter ticket sales were still closed.
When the hours of 1 pm Indonesia Uber Cup team has begun to struggle against Japan, the prospective audience is still struggling to queue in front of the ticket booth penjulalan. Strangely though loketnya unopened, no official notification of the committee whether loketnya will be opened at what time or did not open again because the tickets had run out. Hundreds penontonpun only candidate willing to queue and menununggu loketnya when opened.
Around 2:30 pm the prospective spectator suddenly being queued on the run, what the hell? turned around dozens of spectators through the entrance that seemed to have loose custody and they managed to get into the stadium. Seeing something new is concerned officials swiftly and closed the gate, then the audience queued awaiting the opening of the booth again.
After I got tired of waiting at the counter and then I want to go around the location of the stadium, but the entrance is heavily guarded stadium complex, here dozens of prospective viewers still on the stands. Then I find reason to turn to the left with the goal going into the stadium area, at the other entrance was not guarded and the prospective audience can freely enter the stadium complex, chaotic custody was nice too. In the area of the stadium complex is tens or even hundreds of prospective audience shouting to the committee opened the booth sales they even ask if the tickets are not sold they are willing to pay directly at the entrance. We just want to watch and be willing to pay, we go not free really, but why do we not allowed to enter? why the tickets are not sold as well? shouted the audience.
Because the atmosphere is getting out of control, and some police officers seem to negotiate with the committee so that the ticket booth opened. Not long after, the police came over to tell prospective audience and ensure the ticket booth opened. Around 4 o'clock in the new window is opened, the audience immediately stormed to buy tickets. I own including the first group to get tickets. Yes that's Indonesia: queued to buy fuel, buy rice queuing, queue to pay taxes, buy a ticket queue also commented most prospective audience. Hopefully events like this do not happen again.
