Four types of fan parks will be built across South Africa, in African countries and in countries participating in the 2010 soccer World Cup, Fifa 2010 local organising committee CEO Danny Jordaan announced on Thurday, at the launch of the Gauteng 2010 soccer World Cup strategy.

The fan parks will be built in and around the stadiums, in host cities outside the World Cup zone (townships), in non-host cities inside South Africa, in the Southern African Development Community, across the African continent and in the 32 countries participating in the event.

The fan parks will ensure that as many people as possible will be able to view the matches and “get a better idea of what South Africa is about," Jordaan explained.

In response to the question on the availability of tickets to the local community, he explained that there were only 3-million tickets that would be available to the world, including 207 fifa members, broadcasting teams, the 32 nations qualifying, Fifa guests, local organising committee, commercial partners and the general public.

“We have 3-million tickets and 800-million Africans, how are we are going to distribute the tickets?” he questioned.

He explained that South Africa would be allocated about 1-million tickets, “if we are lucky”. “We must look to the fan parks to ensure a good World Cup experience.”

Meanwhile, Premier Mbhazima Shilowa quipped that, as he was not guaranteed tickets as his term of office would have ended, he would be watching matches from fan parks.

Fielding a media question on who would bear the cost of building the fan parks, Jordaan said that there was no definitive answer, as yet.

It was still to be determined whether Fifa would do so in partnership with a commercial offering or whether Fifa would expect South Africa, in collaboration with partners, to build these fan parks, he explained.