Thirty-four sport are included in the ten days of competition. The distribution between women and men is about 50:50. For the first time, the Iroquois team in Lacrosse will represent an indigenous ethnic group. The hosts expect around 3,600 athletes from over 100 countries. The Birmingham Organizing Committee (BOC), led by CEO Nick Sellers, aims to ensure a high level of inclusion through its partnership with the Lakeshore Foundation, a training facility of the Olympic and Paralympic Federation. In addition, disabled athletes (1 per gender) will compete in Archery within their regular Target Compound competition. One of the special features of this event is that, for the first time in the history of The World Games, one discipline that belongs to the para-sport sector is included in the programme: Wheelchair Rugby. The World Games celebrated their première in 1981 in Santa Clara, California, and now, a little more than 40 years later, the Games return to the USA. This edition, originally planned for 2021, is postponed to 2022 because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rooms at the hotels typically range from $130 to $160 a night.The 11th edition of The World Games will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA from 7th to 17th July 2022. Two hotels on Ninth Street in downtown Cleveland sold out for Wednesday night with huge room-rate asking prices: The Kimpton Schofield Hotel was getting $700 for a regular room, while the Hampton Inn sold out at $1,500 a room. Those with tickets to sell weren't the only ones benefiting. That was up $450 from Game 5 at Wrigley Field in Chicago and up roughly $900 from Game 6 at Progressive Field in Cleveland. When Game 6 ended in a 9-3 Cubs win, the median paid ticket price on StubHub for Game 7 was $1,900. "I'm going to be looking for a job after tomorrow." When informed of the prices of Game 7 tickets, Cubs catcher David Ross, who said he will retire at season's end, saw an opportunity for himself. The Cubs' big win in Game 6 led to a spike in the price of tickets for Wednesday's Game 7 in Cleveland. "I would have never dreamed of getting these prices for baseball in Cleveland," said Mark Klang of Amazing Tickets, a ticket brokerage based in the city. Tickets 10 to 15 rows up from those front-row seats, which have a face value of $300, were selling for $4,500 on the open market. On StubHub, the most expensive tickets bought on Tuesday for Wednesday night's closing World Series game were $19,500 each for a pair by the Cubs dugout, where most of the bigger purchases were made.
It's unique, but it's the number most industry insiders would expect the get in for a Cubs Game 7 to be." "That is more than the 'get in price' for eight of the past 10 Super Bowls. "A pair of seats is costing fans $2,000 per ticket, after fees," said Patrick Ryan, co-founder of Eventellect, a resale market ticket distribution company. By game's end, the average asking price had jumped 19.8 percent and the average sale was up by 56.4 percent. After the Cubs' three-run first inning on Tuesday night, the asking prices jumped 7 percent to $4,200 and the sale prices jumped 17 percent to $2,110 apiece.