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Laura Williamson

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251 total appearances

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Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

They left it late to get into the stadium and then a crush developed.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

And the reaction was to shut the gates, which just meant people had nowhere to go.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

And the kickoff was delayed and it was very scary, very scary.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

I think FIFA would say that, well, that wasn't our tournament.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

We didn't run that operation.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

It will be very different at the World Cup.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

And I do think it will be in terms of the perimeter, sort of the outside boundary of the stadiums is quite a long way away from the actual bowl area.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

which will sort of help the flow of people, which is often where problems occur.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

We've seen it here, for example, at the Stade de France with the Champions League final, the European Championship a couple of years ago, with crushes developing as people get there late.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

But I think the wider surface area will definitely help there.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

I think there's going to be security issues about what people are bringing into stadiums.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

in terms of flags and political banners and slogans and things like that.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

That was a huge issue in Qatar with people wanting to bring flags protesting about human rights, etc.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

into stadiums and getting them taken off them or denied entry.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

I think we'll see that on a different level at this tournament.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

And then in terms of general public safety, I've been reading about some action on drones and the use of drones above stadiums.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

And that's, again, a bit of an unknown.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

We don't know what's going to happen there.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

But I do think the sort of flow of people, if you like, in terms of their physical safety matters.

Fresh Air
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

that we'll be as well prepared as we possibly can be because of the large distance outside the stadiums and then trying to communicate to people to get there early, etc.