LONDON: Azerbaijan Grand Prix promoters are considering laying on charter flights for next year's Formula One race after soccer fans struggled to reach Baku for Wednesday's Europa League final between Chelsea and Arsenal.
"That's something we are really looking into, just to make it easy for all the spectators. It's not something that we've done in the past but something I really want to do in the future." The numbers are small compared to the Europa League final, with Arsenal and Chelsea each allocated what was seen as a meagre 6,000 tickets in a stadium that seats 68,700."We’re talking about 3-4,000 Russians and then under 1,000 from the UK. That’s just regular ticket holders, I’m not talking about everyone else – the guests, hospitality suites etc," said Rahimov.
Baku, a street circuit with long straights and a twisting stretch around the old town, has 18,000 grandstand seats plus another 2,000 hospitality and VIP. A further 10-15,000 general admission tickets are sold.
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