Arsenal and Chelsea have each been allocated just 6,000 tickets for the Europa League final at the 68,700 Olympic Stadium in Baku. Arsenal said the allocation is “disappointing” and presents the club with “extreme difficulties”.
This is sharply contrasting to the UCL’s final. Liverpool and Tottenham have each been allocated 16,613 tickets for the Champions League final in the 68,000-capacity Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid.
Whie Arsenal and Chelsea are just 15 Kms apart geographically, the club and the fans both would have to travel 2500 miles to Azerbaijan for the finals. This is not just logistically inconveniencing but also hazardous environmentally.
Taking into consideration of around 12,000 fans flying into Baku from both teams and including the staff and the players , stduies tried one carbon calculator that says it’s 5,595 tonnes of CO2, one that says it’s 8,280 tonnes and one that says it’s 13,094 tonnes – 15,600 if you include radiative forcing, which is the extra emissions from flying at high altitude.
