Organisers happy despite huge number of empty seatsCrowd shuns exposed lower tier due to hot weather
Cricket World Cup organisers said they were happy with the attendance at the tournament’s opening match between England and New Zealand despite the large expanses of empty seats in Ahmedabad that prompted a brutal blend of criticism and derision from global onlookers. The England all-rounder Danielle Wyatt echoed the thoughts of many when she tweeted: “Where’s the crowd?”
Television viewers were greeted by the sight of tens of thousands of empty seats as fans shunned the exposed lower tier of the world’s second biggest stadium on a baking hot October afternoon, and those with tickets elsewhere delayed their entry into the ground or decided to come only after the end of the working day.
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