Lionel Messi is lastly coming to India, however if you’re hoping to shake his hand, be ready to half with a small fortune. As a part of the celebrity’s GOAT Tour, organizers have introduced a Meet and Greet package deal priced at a jaw-dropping Rs 10 lakh.
Sure, ten lakhs. For one handshake, and a photograph.
Messi is ready to land in Kolkata at 1:30 AM IST on December 13kicking off a whirlwind three-day tour throughout 4 cities. His very first engagement is a Meet and Greet on the Hyatt Regency at 9:30 AM, however solely these keen to pay the eye-watering payment will be capable of stand head to head with the Argentine legend. That price ticket pushes the expertise far past what most followers may ever take into account, leaving solely a really small group in a position to afford a second with the GOAT.
So what does Rs 10 lakh get you?
A handshake with Messi, an expert group picture with six folks, entry to a premium lounge loaded with connoisseur meals and non-alcoholic drinks, and a hospitality-category ticket for the Delhi leg of the tour. The organizers have known as it a “as soon as in a lifetime” expertise, and with that price ticket, it definitely must be.
Messi arrives in India contemporary off successful the forty eighth trophy of his profession after main Inter Miami to their maiden MLS title, and the GOAT Tour guarantees to be as packed as it’s glamorous. Over the three days, he’ll meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, work together with Bollywood celebrities, rub shoulders with chief ministers, and take part in a collection of occasions marking his India debut.
Promoter Satadru Dutta has ensured Messi is not going to be alone both. Becoming a member of him are long-time Barcelona teammate Luis Suarez and World Cup winner Rodrigo De Paul, each of whom additionally performed with Messi at Inter Miami, including much more star energy to the tour.
Tickets for his public appearances begin at Rs 4,500 in most cities, although Mumbai begins greater at Rs 8,250.
Although Messi’s India go to comes at a time when Indian soccer goes via certainly one of its darkest phases. In latest historical past, the joy amongst followers remains to be brimming.
Kolkata, the primary cease, will see Messi meet followers earlier than he heads to Hyderabad for a 7v7 exhibition match on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium, with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy additionally taking the sector. Mumbai will host a charity style present and an public sale of Messi’s 2022 World Cup memorabilia, earlier than the tour concludes in New Delhi with a gathering with the Prime Minister.
The Rs 10 lakh Meet and Greet passes, out there just for Mumbai and Delhi, are legitimate for a single individual.
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