FIFA hikes World Cup prices, again. A finals ticket can now cost as much as $11,000 (www.npr.org)
from Beep@lemmus.org to world@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 11:58
https://lemmus.org/post/21300327

FIFA is once again raising prices for a substantial number of games in the upcoming World Cup tournament that will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico in June and July.

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Mihies@programming.dev on 03 Apr 12:02 next collapse

To no consequence of sane people outside of the US, right?

comrade_twisty@feddit.org on 03 Apr 12:13 collapse

They will sell the tickets twice, once to people from outside the US who will be detained at the port of entry, mistreated and then deported AND once to people inside the US.

lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works on 03 Apr 15:00 collapse

ICE will also be at the USian games for extra chances to do their performative cruelty (all of this is literally virtue signaling). And Americans love it. They got exactly what they wanted

Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk on 03 Apr 12:27 next collapse

Is anyone actually going to pay for these tickets?

Although I guess to the 1% its just chump change.

queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone on 03 Apr 13:21 next collapse

I think the insane price tag is part of the appeal. Want to flex on the junior partners at the firm? Tell them you took your family to the WC finals. They know how much it costs. It’s the same reason $10k cufflinks exist: they’re symbols of how much money you can afford to waste.

Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk on 03 Apr 15:56 collapse

It’s sickening that people who could do so much good for society, or even their local communities wasted so much

ohulancutash@feddit.uk on 03 Apr 18:13 collapse

Yes, it’s the World Cup Final. Great way to impress the clients.

Dagnet@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 12:32 next collapse

Imagine a world cup final with a ton of empty seats? Would be awesome to see. Ofc they will give away seats for free before that happens but still

mlg@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 18:52 collapse

I don’t think they actually will tbh

ICC cricket world cups are notorious for empty seats because they do the same thing where they only sell “premium” seats for ridiculous prices and pretend that the regular seats are sold out.

They’ll probably open up tickets a couple of days before the match because they know last minute people will still buy

abbadon420@sh.itjust.works on 03 Apr 12:44 next collapse

It’s not too crazy. As time is passing, the schedule will be more certain. For instance, before yesterday, very few Bulgarians would’ve been willling to buy a ticket. Now there are more who would want one. Demand goes up, price goes up. That’s how capitalism works.

bufalo1973@piefed.social on 03 Apr 12:48 next collapse

Nice! It was less but now I won’t expend $11,000 in a ticket… that I won’t buy even if it was free.

queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone on 03 Apr 13:23 next collapse

I don’t think we are the target demographic.

bufalo1973@piefed.social on 03 Apr 13:27 collapse

Really?🤯

prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca on 03 Apr 14:01 collapse

By not going, I was only saving $7000 a ticket when they first went on sale, but now I’m saving $11k! By Grabthar’s hammer, what a savings!

comrade_twisty@feddit.org on 03 Apr 14:20 collapse

I just saved 740 million by not buying that private island off the coast of Curaçao.

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org on 03 Apr 13:18 next collapse

Good! Please boycott all games in NJ!

ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca on 03 Apr 13:41 next collapse

Hahahahahaha

leftascenter@jlai.lu on 03 Apr 16:28 next collapse

Hey, the FIFA peace prize was expensive to create.

the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 18:14 collapse

I am always amazed at the amount of money that people waste on sports.