Half price PCR tests for Abu Dhabi cricket fans

Tickets for matches start from AED 50.

If you are going to a cricket match at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi then we have news that will knock you for six.

Ticketholders for ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup games at the Khalifa City A will be able to receive a 50 per cent discount on PCR tests at select locations in the capital.

Thanks to a partnership between Abu Dhabi Cricket, Abu Dhabi Sports Council and VPS’ Burjeel Hospitals, fans can get AED 25 knocked off a price of a Covid-19 PCR test by showing their official matchday ticket at Burjeel Medical City, Burjeel Day Surgery Centre on Reem Island and Burjeel medical centres in Al Shahama, Al Shamka and Al Zeina.

Fans who attend T20 Cricket World Cup matches in Abu Dhabi must present a negative PCR test result on their Al Hosn app conducted within 72 hours of the match.

His Excellency Aref Al Awani, General Secretary of Abu Dhabi Sports Council said “Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Burjeel Hospitals, and Abu Dhabi Cricket have come together for this initiative in order to safely accommodate all of those people on site and, at the same time, help reduce the cost on the paying public.

“We are committed to making the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 as safe and accessible as possible to everyone coming to Zayed Cricket Stadium over the next five weeks, whether they are UAE-based cricket fans or they have flown in from around the world to join us in the UAE for what is the biggest sporting event the country has ever hosted.”

Zayed Cricket Stadium is welcoming more than 10,000 fans for every match for the World Cup and ticket prices for the Super 12’s stage start from AED 50.

 

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