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FANS will pay US$1 for the cheapest ticket into Barbourfields tomorrow to watch the Chibuku Super Cup showdown between Bulawayo Chiefs and Herentals.
The two clubs, who will battle in the final, defied the odds to reach the decisive match of the premier football knockout tournament in the country.
Herentals will probably start as slight favourites, after knocking out league champions FC Platinum, in the semi-finals.
But, the Ninjas, who have home advantage, have made their name as giant-killers and have a very good chance of winning their first major silverware, in the top-flight league.
One dollar, for the cheapest ticket, looks like a bargain for the football fans in the City of Kings.
The top-flight league has been battling lack of spectator interest, in its product, throughout this season.
Many of the PSL matches have been played in virtually empty stadiums in the campaign, which comes to an end, this weekend.
The league’s chiefs believe that by reducing the price of tickets to US$1, for the Chibuku Super Cup final, they will be able to attract more fans to the match.
It’s a huge climb down from the US$10 ticket prices, for the cheapest seats, which triggered controversy, when the PSL returned to action, after the Covid-19 outbreak.
Thirteen years ago, the pre-season friendly match between Shabanie and Lancashire Steel at Maglas, in January 2009, had the cheapest tickets selling out for Z$10 billion.
The kids were paying Z$5 billion.
The VIP tickets were going for Z$20 billion and, just to get one’s vehicle into the stadium, would cost you Z$10 billion.
Both clubs had lost their Premiership status.
Lancashire Steel had been relegated from the PSL the previous year, after finishing in the relegation play-off slot, and losing the winner-take-all game. Shabanie had been relegated in 2006, after finishing in 15th place, out of 16 clubs.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter