Mallorca sold 17,500 seats in three days for the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Club de Bilbao, to be played on April 6 at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville, and hopes to sell 20,698 tickets next week. designated by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
The business director of the Balearic club, Alfonso Diaz was described as a “milestone” and “something historic” the mobilization of more than 20,000 fans in the capital of Seville, the largest in the history of the entity founded in 1916.
Around 1,500 of them will travel to Seville by boat and the rest will do so on regular and charter flights scheduled by airlines, with the aim that the largest number of Mallorcan fans can cheer on the team led of Mexican coach Javier Aguirre.
“We all pitched in to look for flights and boats under the rocks. Majorcanism showed its strength; We sold 10,000 tickets in 44 minutes on the first day (Tuesday). In Seville we will be 21,000 ‘demonis’,” said the manager in a press conference held this Friday at the Son Moix stadium.
The sales process takes place online, managed by the RFEF, and all tickets are nominal.
The subscriber can buy more seats, with prices from 40 to 210 euros, if there are leftovers after the one-week sale.
Díaz appeared with representatives of the Island’s public institutions and directors of airline, shipping and land transport companies to present to the media the first balance of the so-called “Operation “Cartuja”.
“We are showing the kind of autonomous community and the fans that we are with this massive displacement,” explained the Business Director of the vermilion entity.
He added that they will open a second window of ticket sales if the subscribers are not sold by Monday.
“These days we have seen situations of ticket resale (on social networks), something that is against the law, so we will take appropriate measures. We insist that the subscriber must take appropriate and responsible use of the seats they got,” said Díaz.
Regarding the events scheduled on the day of the final, he said that a giant screen will be set up, “probably in the Plaza de la Reina” (the usual place for the Mallorcan celebration), although that option remains to be confirmed.
“We want the people of Palma who have not yet traveled to Seville to take part in the party as well. We will activate the Son Moix parking lot for citizens to park their cars and the Municipal Sports Institute (IME) will give out a picnic bags,” he said.
Díaz also confirmed that the team will wear the third kit in the fourth final in its history, chosen by the RFEF, in the emerald color “the color of our seas,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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