Brazil’s Batista Is in Talks to Sell Luxury World Cup Tickets
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IMX, a partnership of IMG Worldwide Inc. and billionaire Eike Batista’s EBX Group Co. Ltd., is in talks with FIFA to sell tickets for the 2014 World Cup and 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup soccer tournaments in Brazil.
IMX, based in Rio de Janeiro, is negotiating the rights to sell luxury box tickets in Brazil with Match Hospitality AG, according to two separate e-mails from FIFA and EBX. Match Hospitality, based in Zurich, has an exclusive contract to sell tickets for FIFA-organized events.