Mumbai:
All work and no play is anathema to Corporate India. So with Team Dhoni signed up for Saturday's World Cup final, big companies are paying very big bucks to watch the match against Sri Lanka.
Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai - already surrounded by commandos - has sold out 40 corporate boxes. They weren't exactly a deal. 3.75 crores for each box which has 15 seats and rents to owners for 10 years.
(Watch: Commandos arrive at Wankhade stadium)Like everything else in life, Mukesh Ambani has the most. Reliance Industries Limited has bought three boxes for over 11 crores.
Other corporate boxes have been sold to Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher, Tata Consultancy Services and Bajaj. The split from Vodafone hasn't stopped Essar from picking up a box too.
So if you were worried about the CEOs - and frankly, who isn't - breathe easy. It's the average fan that's aching to watch Team India who is being spurned.
Wankhede Stadium can seat 32,000 people. Only 4000 tickets were made available. In a narrative now familiar but no less of an irritant through this World Cup, most tickets were converted into passes. Clubs affiliated to the Mumbai Cricket Association have got 14,000 tickets, The International Cricket Council got 8,500 tickets; the board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has a robust quota of 2000; the Maharashtra government helped itself to 250 passes; and clubs affiliated to the Mumbai Cricket Association have got 14,000 tickets, but at least they've paid for their share.
Fans have been lining up at 5 am for the last three days to buy a ticket, unaware that sales were only online.
''Why does the ICC need 9,000 tickets? What about us?'' asked an angry fan.
That sentiment - however unanimous it may be - isn't giving organizers sleepless nights.
''4,000 tickets for public sale is the same number which was available in the 1996 World Cup ... although our capacity has come down from 38,000 to 32,000," justified Ratnakar Shetty, the Tournament Director of the World Cup.
And then comes the parting shot. "I firmly believe that the ordinary cricketers in Mumbai who are our members of 350 clubs are also people of Mumbai itself. They are not outsiders.''
In the neighbourhoods where Sachin Tendulkar grew up, ordinary residents are setting up large screens to watch their hero. For the city hosting one of India's biggest sporting moments ever, a room with a view is the best bet.