National Soccer
Guatemala will receive Guyana on March 25 at the return of the preliminary round of the Gold Cup 2025. Know the details behind the increase at the price of tickets.
Rubín Rubín in an official match with the Guatemala team. (Free Press Photo: AFP)
The National Football Federation of Guatemala (FEDEFUT) announced on Wednesday, March 12, official ticket prices to attend to the match between Guatemala and Guyana that will be held on March 25 at the Cementos Progreso Stadium.
As the president of the FEDEFUT, Gerardo Paiz, the tickets for the meeting will be around the Q150 for the most economical and the Q1 thousand for the most expensive.
These prices are a considerable increase compared to the last time Guatemala selection He played a game in a local condition, when he faced Costa Rica in 2024, for the Concacf Nations League.
On that occasion the tickets went on sale with the following prices :: General North and South to Q75Preference a Q175Tribune a Q300 and Palco a Q800which means that for some locations The value was increased by up to 100%.
Why are tickets for Guatemala vs Guyana more?
The reason behind the increase in tickets lies in what the president of the FEDEFUT, Gerardo Paiz, established, days ago in the presentation of Karla Maya as the new coach of the women’s team.
According to Paiz, the price of tickets had to increase following factors that have to do with the change of headquarters of the Guatemala selection matches. The bicolor regularly plays at home at the Doroteo Guamuch Flores stadium, however, this year the sports venue is in remodeling processes and will not be available, so The blue and white will use the progress cements as its new house.
- Purple reduction: According to Gerardo Paiz, one of the reasons why the price of tickets is increased is that the capacity of the progress cements is lower than Doroteo Guamuch Flores, which means that less tickets will be sold.
- Organization costs: This motive would go hand in hand with the previous one. According to the president of the FEDEFUT, although the party will be held at another headquarters, organize it continues to cost the same, so before the reduced capacity, it was necessary to increase the value of the entries so that there is no deficit.
- Cover travel expenses: before the duel against Guyana is carried out on March 25, the Guatemala team must travel to Barbados on the 21st to face its Caribbean rival in the first leg. This means that FEDEFUT seeks to cover with the matching box office in Cementos progress the cost of flights and hotels of the previous days.
The match against Guyana in the Cementos Progreso is the last opportunity of Guatemala to qualify for the Gold Cup 2025 of the Concacaf, a tournament that will take place From June 14 to July 6 in the United States and Canada.