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title: "Did PE just not care about World Cup game? Perhaps not"
description: "The Fifa local organising committee has promised to investigate whether it is to blame for poor attendance at the first World Cup match in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Thousands of seats were left empty, immediately leading to criticism of locals and their attitude towards the tournament. But the LOC seems to think it may have failed to transport fans to the venue, and could also have issued free tickets to people without the means to reach venue at all. EWN , Business Day"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Sport"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-06-14-did-pe-just-not-care-about-world-cup-game-perhaps-not/"
published: "2010-06-14T06:40:41"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:01:45"
lang: "en-ZA"
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# Did PE just not care about World Cup game? Perhaps not

> The Fifa local organising committee has promised to investigate whether it is to blame for poor attendance at the first World Cup match in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Thousands of seats were left empty, immediately leading to criticism of locals and their attitude towards the tournament. But the LOC seems to think it may have failed to transport fans to the venue, and could also have issued free tickets to people without the means to reach venue at all. [EWN](http://www.ewn.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=41736), [Business Day](http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=111719)

By Andy Rice · Published 14 June 2010, 08:40 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:01 SAST

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