BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Baton Rouge will be the host location for a FIFA-sanctioned soccer match between the national teams of Honduras and Barbados.
The match is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 18 at BREC’s Olympia Stadium in Perkins Road Community Park.
The historic matchup between the two countries will take place on Father’s Day.
Pre-sale tickets are $70 now through Sunday and are sold at the following locations:
- Los Álvarez Exxpress Latin Restaurant (850 Gardere Lane)
- Prestige of Baton Rouge Auto Sales (9155 Florida Blvd.)
- Hartley/Vey Sports Park at the Oak Villa (2615 Oak Villa Blvd)
Ticket sales at the Hartley/Vey Sports Park begin at 11 a.m.
On game day, soccer fans can buy tickets at the door for $80.
“We’re used to filling stadiums of over 100,000 people while supporting our local American football teams, like LSU and Southern University,” East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome said in a video. “But Baton Rouge knows soccer is the world’s game and we’re proud to be a part of it.”
Broome will be doing the coin toss for the game.