FIFA sucks.

[PolishDomer]

ugh look at those ugly games lol

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

There are going to be a lot of empty seats.

 

[PolishDomer]

There are going to be a lot of empty seats.

It will be like Covid again with empty stadiums...i remember watching Bundesliga with no one in the stands...

 

[DCDomer]

It's already a disgrace and I hope it's an absolute disaster.

American corporatism and capitalist greed on a laughable level.

 

[dublinirish]

It's already a disgrace and I hope it's an absolute disaster.

American corporatism and capitalist greed on a laughable level.

dont forget FIFA are just as evil.

 

[NorthDakota]

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It's already a disgrace and I hope it's an absolute disaster.

American corporatism and capitalist greed on a laughable level.

I don't think the US is setting ticket prices?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

It's already a disgrace and I hope it's an absolute disaster.

American corporatism and capitalist greed on a laughable level.

I think the safe bet is that it's going to be.

 

[NDPhilly]

It's already a disgrace and I hope it's an absolute disaster.

American corporatism and capitalist greed on a laughable level.

I mean at the end of the day, this is luxury entertainment. I don’t complain about ND prices / Super Bowl tickets. Is NJ being pigs? Absolutely, but no one is forced to go to the World Cup.

 

[dublinirish]

Ryder cup tickets in Ireland next year are 499 euro a pop PER DAY lol

 

[GowerND11]

I mean at the end of the day, this is luxury entertainment. I don’t complain about ND prices / Super Bowl tickets. Is NJ being pigs? Absolutely, but no one is forced to go to the World Cup.

You aren't wrong...

However, it seems that whenever one of these events is anywhere BUT the US we get much more affordable (but still expensive) experiences.

 

[NorthDakota]

Ryder cup tickets in Ireland next year are 499 euro a pop PER DAY lol

Google is telling me out was $750/day last year at bethpage.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

...but no one is forced to go to the World Cup.

The mandate will arrive with our stimulus checks.

 

[NorthDakota]

I mean at the end of the day, this is luxury entertainment. I don’t complain about ND prices / Super Bowl tickets. Is NJ being pigs? Absolutely, but no one is forced to go to the World Cup.

Maybe I'm just out of the loop. I don't watch much TV. It seems like there is very little excitement for the world cup this year. Occasionally my algorithm is europoors complaining about the costs or something. But im not seeing much excitement about the world cup itself

 

[DCDomer]

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I don't think the US is setting ticket prices?

True. FIFA is setting extreme prices in the U.S. because they know American fans are used to getting raked over the coals by our corporatized sporting structure and there's enough pay pigs in the U.S. ready to spend thousands on a game they don't even watch on a regular basis. We are easily exploitable because anything besides paying 400% normal prices would be commie nonsense!

FIFA however, are not the ones making decisions to charge fans 10x normal fare for public transportation on match day, and they wont be the ones charging $17-20 for a pint in the stadium.

 

[NDPhilly]

Maybe I'm just out of the loop. I don't watch much TV. It seems like there is very little excitement for the world cup this year. Occasionally my algorithm is europoors complaining about the costs or something. But im not seeing much excitement about the world cup itself

I also expected it to have much more hype. I honestly think the 2028 Olympics will be a bigger national story with the apathy I’ve seen.