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The head of communications for Gabon's organizing committee says that the semi-final between Ivory Coast and Mali on Wednesday is also yet to sell out.
-Until now, we have sold 70% of tickets for the final and semi-final. We’ve a meeting this afternoon to see how to give these tickets to people, so there is no problem. We will have fans in the stadium for the semi-final and final matches said Louis Claude Mounzeo Koumba on Tuesday 7 February to BBC Sport.
buying more tickets
Koumba explained that partners of the organizing committee wish to buy more tickets, which they may then distribute for free as it happened for Sunday 5 February quarter-final in Franceville.
Despite the offer, Ghana’s 2-1 win match with Tunisia on Sunday was far from full.
Yet with Ivory Coast supporters set to total about 7,000 inside the Stade de l'Amitie, Koumba expects more spectators for the Wednesday’s venture.
The Libreville arena, which will host the second semi-final after Zambia meet Ghana in Wednesday's first game in Equatorial Guinea, can hold some 40,000 fans.
controversy
Unusually, the most expensive tickets for both the semi-final and final have sold out, while the cheapest seats are still available.
Empty seats have long been a feature of many Nations Cup tournaments, with games that do not involve the host nation often very poorly attended.
