There was a little problem with souvenirs, concessions on sale at soccer match
The souvenirs arrived at Arena Corinthians in São Paolo in time for the Canada-Australia women’s soccer match. The concessions were there, too. Everything was on the rack, packed in ice, ready to go for the first visitors to the Rio Olympic Games.
There was just one problem: There were no price tags on the uniforms or concessions, and the workers didn’t know how much anything cost. Ergo: no sale, according to sports agent Brant Feldman, who was on site for the match.
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“They have everything set up, and it looks all nice and everything, but they can’t sell it because they don’t have the prices,” Feldman told Sports Business Journal. “Can you imagine anywhere in the world of merchandising that they can’t tell you the price?”
Sure, it’s not a great omen, but this is one Rio failure we expect will be rectified very quickly.
Yahoo Sports’ Greg Wyshynski reports live from the streets of Rio:
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