Rugby World Cup Ticket sales are strong, 6.8 billion yen in "legacy business" March 11 0:16

Rugby World Cup tournament held in Japan last year increased to 67.7 billion yen from the budget before the tournament, due to strong ticket sales, and 6.8 billion yen for business for the development of rugby Will be allocated.

Rugby World Cup Japan Organizing Committee Secretary-General Akira Shimazu announced on October 10 the income of the tournament.
As a result, the total revenue is expected to increase by 4.7 billion yen from the pre-convention budget to 67.7 billion yen, mainly due to the strong sales of tickets for the event.

As a result, 6.8 billion yen will be allocated to the business of inheriting the legacy of the World Cup for the future development of rugby.

Specifically, a museum to commemorate the holding of the Japan Games at the new Chichibunomiya Rugby Field, activities to promote rugby conducted by 131 local governments and the Japan Rugby Association, and the World Cup to return to Japan in the future And use it to invite them.

The Organizing Committee will be dissolved at the end of this month, and the Japan Rugby Association will continue its business in the future.

According to World Rugby, the rugby international governing body, the number of viewers at the Japanese Games on TV has reached a record high of 857 million, and in Japan it is more than five times that of the previous Games in 20154 225 million people.