With 21 days to the much-anticipated 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), fans can finally find out how much ticket prices for the biennial tournament will cost them.Follow our WhatsApp channel for more newsThe tourney, which will be co-hosted by Kenya alongside neighbours Tanzania and Uganda, will take place from Saturday, 2 to Saturday, 30 August.Austin Odhiambo lists advantage of being a Gor Mahia player ahead of CHAN tournamentFans who plan to attend the continental tournament have been eagerly waiting to know the ticket prices for the matches, and that has now been revealed by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) as announced by its chairperson, Nicholas Musonye.In a press briefing held on Friday, 11 July, Musonye revealed that the regular tickets will retail at Ksh200, the same amount that is charged in the majority of FKF Premier League matches.##NAJAVA_MECA_9013507##VIP tickets will be retailing at Ksh500 while those who would want to sit in the limited VVIP area will part with Ksh1,000. The ticket prices will be uniform across the three host nations.Each of the tickets will be valid for only one match, according to the LOC, and will only be available online.Why Nyayo Stadium will be unavailable to local teams immediately after CHANCAF through the LOC elected to make the tickets affordable in order to ensure that the tournament will experience packed stadiums, and to create a better and successful tournament.The biennial tournament reserved for locally based players is set to take place in five different stadia across East Africa and in four different cities.##NAJAVA_MECA_9013509##Kenya, which will host all Group A and one Group C match, will stage the tournament at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani and at Nyayo National Stadium, all found in the capital city, Nairobi.Uganda will host matches at the Mandela National Stadium (Namboole) in Kampala, while Tanzania will have two host cities: Dar es Salaam at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium and Zanzibar at the Amaan Stadium.Gor Mahia defender eyeing move abroad after CHAN exploitsThe opening ceremony and the first match of CHAN will be held at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, with Kenya’s Kasarani Stadium hosting the final match and the closing ceremony.In preparation for the championship, Harambee Stars joined a training camp on Thursday, 10 July, to sharpen their skills ahead of their first match on Sunday, 3 August against DR Congo.
