While thousands of fans are on waiting lists eager to get the magic papers and watch their country's team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, it seems that only those with deep pockets will be able to get one of the best viewing seats, since all the cheap tickets seem to be rare these days.

On the contrary 150,000 world cup tickets, including tickets for the world cup final, are still available. Most of these tickets come from iSE-Hospitality, a Switzerland-based company. Tickets available through the official World Cup Tournament website seem to have been vanished, as they were much cheaper. The cheapest tickets available through iSE-Hospitality cost 1900 euros excluding taxes for only three first round games.

The company told Reuters approximately half the tickets allocated to them remain unsold, as opposed to the first batch made available from the organisers and was heavily oversubscribed. The company remained hopeful that all tickets will eventually be sold.

However there are worries that tickets for the semi-finals and the final will be sold out soon, while some early matches might not have full attendance. The tickets offered by iSE-Hospitality feature some extras like parking, special stadium access, food and drink.

The organising committee announced that any unsold tickets will be made available back to the fans at normal prices, although iSE-Hospitality announced that it remains confident that the tickets will be sold.

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