Preparations for the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be held at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala are in full swing. No one can enter the stadium with a fake ticket during IPL matches. For this, tickets will be checked through hand scanners at every entrance of the stadium. Four to five personnel will be posted at each entrance to check tickets.
Seven entrances will be made at the stadium for the IPL matches to be held on May 17 and 19. During this, employees equipped with 32 hand scanners will scan and check the tickets of cricket lovers coming to watch the match. During this time there should not be much crowd at the gate, in this context, duty of four to five personnel will be imposed at each gate. Dialogue
Decoration work started
The work of decorating the HPCA stadium has already started for the matches to be held on May 17 and 19. LED screens showing advertisements around the cricket ground have also arrived. Apart from this, the work of making fan box has also started. Apart from this, other preparations have also been started.
Spectators will enter through seven gates: Parmar
HPCA Secretary Avneesh Parmar said that there will be entry of spectators through seven gates during the match. Personnel of franchisee and ticket sale company will be deployed for ticket checking. He said that tickets will be checked by hand scanners on behalf of the company so that the spectators do not take much time to enter the stadium.
Ticket offer in black before offline sale, being spread on social media
For the IPL matches to be held in Dharamshala on May 17 and 19, the sale of tickets at offline counters has not yet started and tickets are being offered for the matches on social media. Messages are being asked to buy tickets on WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook pages. To know the truth of the message, when the message was sent to the concerned number for the ticket, the reply came from there that he had a VIP stand ticket in front of the camera. When asked about its price, a message came from the front that a ticket of Rs 3,500 would be given. When asked the reason for the high price, he said that due to the imposition of GST, the ticket price has increased.
There is a lot of craze among cricket lovers to watch IPL matches in Dharamshala after 10 years. Very few people have been able to buy tickets during the online sale, while it is now being said that offline ticket counters will be set up on May 11-12. Even before the sale of tickets over the counter, offers are being made to blacken these tickets publicly on social media. How much truth is there in these statuses being posted on social media, it will be known only after investigation. ASP Kangra Hitesh Lakhanpal told that till now he has not received any information about selling tickets of IPL matches in black. If such offers are being given on social media. Action will be taken against the concerned people.
You can get offline tickets over the counter from today
Counter for offline ticket sale may be set up on Thursday for IPL matches to be held at HPCA Stadium Dharamshala. It is being told that this counter will be installed near the main gate of HPCA Stadium, from where cricket lovers can buy tickets in offline mode.
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