The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup organisers anticipate drawing some of the largest crowds for a women’s sporting event that New Zealand has ever witnessed.
Beginning in July 2023, the competition will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
29 games will be held in New Zealand’s cities of Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, and Dunedin.
General ticket sales began today, and according to CEO of the 2023 Women’s World Cup Dave Beeche, there has already been significant demand.
“New Zealanders are really starting to get into it,” says a source, “since in the few hours since the Visa presale ended this morning, there are already only a few tickets remaining for the first game at Eden Park.”
Additionally, there has been significant demand abroad, since more than 100 different nations have already purchased tickets.
“The presale period has been massively successful it’s blown everyone’s expectations out of the water” Beeche said.
It’s a huge boom since we sold more tickets in the first 24 hours than they did during the entire presale period leading up to France in 2019. It, in my opinion, reflects the expansion of women’s football as well as the game in general. We’ve seen what’s happened with the Rugby World Cup; it’s incredible the number of spectators that showed up, and I believe we’re also benefiting from that.
The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup attracted 1. 1 billion viewers on television and 1. 1 million spectators.
Million two.
FIFA anticipates a TV audience of 2 million viewers and ticket sales of 1.5 million for the upcoming season.
The cost of tickets for the group stage games has been reduced to just $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
We didn’t want it to be a barrier in bringing the biggest women’s sporting event in the world to New Zealanders, Beeche said.
According to preliminary estimates, the event next year would bring in thousands of foreign visitors who will contribute $200 million to the local economy.
“NZ hosting the USA is going to be a good thing for economics, they have the largest travelling supporter base, so the people we’re speaking to in the US are saying that they could bring anywhere between 20 and 40 thousand supporters alone with them so look it’s going to be huge. ”
But Beeche emphasised that there are other factors at play as well.
“It’s about all the social good, the legacy effects, it’s about inspiring the next generation to have an active lifestyle and participate in sport, and this sport can change people’s lives,” the author says.
In addition, the Tazuni tournament mascot was unveiled today at a gathering in Dunedin.
“The name is a combination of the Tasman Sea and unity, one of our brands for this event that revolves around bringing the entire world together while also highlighting the fact that this tournament is jointly hosted.
Speaking at the occasion, Dunedin resident Tessa Nicol said it is mind-blowing to have the opportunity to host the top event in New Zealand. It’s amazing, like I think just watching where football’s come from cause I’ve grown up here, I’ve grown up in Dunedin, watching where it’s come from in the women’s space in particular and just football in general, there’s so many more programmes and environments to be a part of at so many different levels.
“Nicol served as New Zealand’s goalkeeper at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in 2016.
She has since started coaching, and she recently assisted the New Zealand Under 17 Team in India.
She hopes that the incident is a precursor of things to come.
“Hopefully we get to showcase what football can do and what women’s football can bring, and I hope more than anything that even when the World Cup’s done there’ll still be that legacy there and football will still continue to grow here, and it’s still going to be something we can invest in. ” It’s not only for women; it’s for everyone, and my only wish is that everyone may participate and contribute.
Tickets can be purchased here..
In NZ, the FIFA Women’s World Cup is expected to set records.
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