Balikpapan to Host Football Legends From Arsenal and Liverpool
Jakarta. East Kalimantan is going to hold the 2017 Balikpapan Masters Cup, gathering football legends from Arsenal, Liverpool and the Indonesian national team at the Batakan Stadium in Balikpapan on Nov. 5.
The famous players to show up are Arsenal's Mikael Silvestre, Freddie Ljungberg and Robert Pires, Liverpool's John Arne Riise, Louis Garcia and Emile Heskey, and the national team's Bima Sakti and Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto.
The match is a special attraction for every football enthusiast, especially for Liverpudlians and Gooners.
For the tourism industry, the game will be a great promotion of Balikpapan as the match photo and video coverage is likely to go viral on social media.
Balikpapan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) chairman Yaser Arafat said the fans' arrival will have a positive impact on business, as hotels, malls and tourist attractions will generate additional income for the city.
Tickets for seats on the northern and southern tribune are sold for Rp 300,000 ($23) and for Rp 500,000 on the eastern and western tribune. VIP seats are sold for Rp 750,000 and Rp 1.5 million.
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