The Argentine Football Association, together with MetaLantis, has created a virtual stadium for the Argentine Football team and In this way, a FIFA team has its own stadium in the metaverse.
As they have expressed on Twitter through Leandro Petersen, who works as Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer at the Argentine Football Association, the AFA declares to be the first FIFA team to have its own stadium in the metaverse:
Beside @metalantis_eswe present the Virtual Stadium of @afa in the metaverse. Thus, @Argentina is the first selection @FIFAcom in having its Virtual Stadium, where fans can purchase their seats and obtain benefits. A new digital business unit. pic.twitter.com/7oTi8Oc4qu
— Leandro Petersen (@PetersenLeandro) November 9, 2022
The stadium has a capacity of 35,032 seats available so that fans of the Argentine team can access the metastadium that has been developed, in which, for the moment, users who register and download the application on their mobile phone can reserve seats for free .
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Subsequently, each user who wishes to be part of this project must follow the steps described on the official page of MetaLantis with two types of memberships. At the moment, the benefits offered by being part of this metaverse are: create an avatar, create a biography as a fan of the national team, interact with other fans, exclusive AFA content, attend the games, name the seat and get other rewards for activities that will be taking place on campus.
In the transmission of the launch of the App, the president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia, indicated: “we are very excited about this release. It is really disruptive for the AFA to have its Virtual Stadium continuing with the digital development of Argentine soccer and we hope our fans around the world enjoy this new way of cheering”.
The renowned goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea was also present at the presentation, and it is expected that functionalities will continue to be developed in the metaverse to continue increasing the presence of fans in the new way of supporting the national team.
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Through the official MetaLantis account on Twitter it was possible to confirm the presence of Messi, Di Maria and Dybala as part of this new ecosystem of the national soccer team:
MESSI, DI MARIA AND DYBALA!
They are already in the virtual stadium of the Argentine Soccer Team…
What are you waiting for? pic.twitter.com/9CiIetW3Hf
— MetaLantis ES (@metalantis_es) November 15, 2022
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