Ticket prices for World Cup matches are reasonably priced, says a top official, dispelling reports to the contrary. 'It's very, very simple and let's dispel some of the myths. First of all, there are reasonably priced tickets available to World Cup matches. Tickets in the group and Super Eight stage have started as low as $15,' said Chris Dehring, chief executive officer of the World Cup. 'Certainly now in the Super Eights you can get tickets for $25. These prices in most countries are lower than the comparable price for a One-Day International match in the West Indies. 'In many cases, it is actually cheaper to go to a World Cup game than if you were going to a normal West Indies game. So we need to come out and support the fellows,' he contended. Dehring also denied allegations that strict World Cup regulations had prevented spectators from bringing musical instruments to matches. 'Music is played in the party stands at matches ... there have been great parties, music has been played, people are bringing their musical and that then corrects another myth - musical instruments in fact are not banned, they are not prohibited,' Dehring argued. 'Musical instruments, your drums, your conch shells, your horns, they are allowed. It's just that there is a registration process to do that, but we are making it even much easier. 'You don't have to register before the game anymore, fans can bring their musical instruments on the day, straight to the game and right at the gate we will just be able to register that you are taking in your instruments right there.' Dehring said the new regulations had been introduced so as to remove any hiccups people experienced in maintaining the West Indian flavour at matches. He also dismissed that food was being disallowed from stadiums. 'People are permitted to bring their own food. I don't know where that myth came from,' he said. 'What is not permitted is over-sized or hard-sided containers and glass bottles and that's for obvious reasons.' About the problem of low attendances during the tournament, Dehring said: 'Lots of tickets have gone out there and some of the attendances you are seeing are fans who have not necessarily showed up because they are perceiving that some of the teams they might have wanted to see are no longer there - India, Pakistan or even the West Indies - and they are despondent.' Reprinted from indo news