It's certianly an admirable and noble offering. The South Africa World Cup organizers are handing out 120,000 free tickets to next year's World Cup of Soccer extravaganza. 40,000 of those tix are going to the construction workers that are building the stadiums.
Additionally organizers are offering tix as low as $18 CAD to S.African residents, those same tix are being sold to international residents for $87 CAD.
The bulk of the free tickets will be distributed by FIFA's sponsors - adidas, Coca-Cola, Emirates airline, Hyundai and Kia carmakers, Sony and Visa. They will focus on poor fans working in fields such as health care and education. Coke, for example, is encouraging students in impoverished areas to collect bottles for recycling while they learn about protecting the environment. Schools whose students collect the most will win some of the 20,000 free tickets Coke has been given to distribute. - Source: AP
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