WC ticketing website crashes
New Delhi, February 21: The official ticketing website of the Cricket World Cup crashed on Monday amid a mad scramble for tickets for the tournament's summit clash on April 2 in Mumbai. The website, showed an error message soon after business began at 1 p.m. IST, leading to fans venting their frustration by lashing out at the organisers on the website's Facebook page. 'The (website) team is still working on it guys. Please bear with us. We understand your frustration and feel your pain. We are working non-stop to get you the tickets you need. 'Rest assured, not a single ticket that was meant for sale has been sold yet. We can't wait to get them to you as soon as the site is back up,' a statement posted by the website on its Facebook page said.
'We are facing absolutely unprecedented amounts of traffic from all over the world, with hundreds of millions of people hitting at once. Some of you may have trouble accessing the site. It seems that cricket fever has surpassed all anticipations and expectations. Please bear with us as our global network team works on,' the statement added.
But the fans expressed their anger through the feedbacks to the Kyazoonga.com statement, with some saying that it was a 'disgrace' that the tickets for the final were not available. Some said the company should have been prepared for the huge demand in cricket-crazy India. 'If you couldn't handle this crazy traffic then you shouldn't have been responsible for the tickets in the first place,' posted one.
'You only have 1,000 tickets to sell online for the World Cup final ' how could you not expect insane traffic?' said another. Just 4,500 tickets are on sale for public for the April 2 final at the historic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, with the rest being distributed through clubs and other cricket authorities.
News Posted: 21 February, 2011
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