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Yeah I got an ok deal and got Netherlands vs Tunisia which should be a good game. Driving from Chicago to KC with my 2 boys...3rd World Cup for me...
 
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Who do we think is going to play the most attractive style of soccer? I am tempted to go for Brazil....or Argentina again because of Messi. I would like to see England make it to the final and then lose because that would be the most agonising for the English.
 
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T-Boone said:
Who do we think is going to play the most attractive style of soccer? I am tempted to go for Brazil....or Argentina again because of Messi. I would like to see England make it to the final and then lose because that would be the most agonising for the English.
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Those three, plus France. I'd put France at the top due to their speed and depth up top.
 
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T-Boone said:
Who do we think is going to play the most attractive style of soccer? I am tempted to go for Brazil....or Argentina again because of Messi. I would like to see England make it to the final and then lose because that would be the most agonising for the English.
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My dark horse of the big teams is Germany. They are due for a good tourney.
 
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I was looking at Portugal's opening round match in Houston. It's against Congo. Over ~$850 for cheapest ticket in nosebleed section. Is there really that much interest in these matches?
 
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IA4irish said:
I was looking at Portugal's opening round match in Houston. It's against Congo. Over ~$850 for cheapest ticket in nosebleed section. Is there really that much interest in these matches?
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Do they have a map that shows which seats are available?
 
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IA4irish said:
I was looking at Portugal's opening round match in Houston. It's against Congo. Over ~$850 for cheapest ticket in nosebleed section. Is there really that much interest in these matches?
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The pricing is absolutely all over the place. I've been watching FIFA's RIght-to-Ticket site - which is a direct sale from FIFA, not a agent or scalper or whatever -and they change the prices every few hours. But yeah a lot of the games involving top teams start in that kind of range
 
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For somebody who doesn't give a flying dead rat about soccer, you sure do spend a lot of time in the soccer threads. If you do not like the subject matter, it is quite easy to hit the 'Ignore Thread' button at the top of the page, and yet you come here and you post.

Is your life really that bad that you need to seek continuous confrontation to give you something to do?
 
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"Spaz out"? :ROFLMAO: You're like a real life 80's bully who figured out how to use the internet.
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Really don't understand why the admins haven't given him the boot yet. Every interaction with him always results in him personally attacking people. I realize this isn't a board full of wilting flowers, but he brings nothing to this board of any value.
 
Notre Dame Joe

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sfk324 said:
Just because it's come up a few times, The Athletic has an article today on why Chicago isn't a host city.

www.nytimes.com

The Chicago mayor who said ‘no’ to the World Cup – a dome on Soldier Field was the last straw

Rahm Emanuel thought the proposed deal left 'Chicago taxpayers as the dumb money at the table'. Eight years on, he hasn't changed his mind
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Chicago also had reservations about FIFA’s restrictive sponsorship categories, which do not allow host cities to make partnerships with any sponsors who may be deemed in conflict with FIFA’s own.

Someone didn't get enough of a cut.
 
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Notre Dame Joe said:
Chicago also had reservations about FIFA’s restrictive sponsorship categories, which do not allow host cities to make partnerships with any sponsors who may be deemed in conflict with FIFA’s own.

Someone didn't get enough of a cut.
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Nah, it's a real, and stupid, issue.
Local organizing committees need to raise money for stuff in their cities - fan fests, transportation, security, etc - so they pass the hat to local companies for corporate sponsorships just like they would for any big event. But FIFA has already sold global sponsorships to the entire World Cup, and doesn't allow local sponsors in those same categories.
Banks love to sponsor this shit, but because Bank of America is a sponsor of the whole World Cup, no other bank can sponsor the local stuff in host cities. Here in Boston, New Balance - big local company - can't get involved because Adidas is a global sponsor. Coca-Cola and AB-InBev probably knock any other beverage companies off the list. Etc.
Makes it a lot harder to raise money to do all the things FIFA wants host cities to do.
 
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stlnd01 said:
Nah, it's a real, and stupid, issue.
Local organizing committees need to raise money for stuff in their cities - fan fests, transportation, security, etc - so they pass the hat to local companies for corporate sponsorships just like they would for any big event. But FIFA has already sold global sponsorships to the entire World Cup, and doesn't allow local sponsors in those same categories.
Banks love to sponsor this shit, but because Bank of America is a sponsor of the whole World Cup, no other bank can sponsor the local stuff in host cities. Here in Boston, New Balance - big local company - can't get involved because Adidas is a global sponsor. Coca-Cola and AB-InBev probably knock any other beverage companies off the list. Etc.
Makes it a lot harder to raise money to do all the things FIFA wants host cities to do.
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Right. That’s how Lincoln Financial Field in Philly is now just Philadelphia Stadium or something like that for the World Cup.
 
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Yeah, the soccer referee was going to unleash a dirty bomb or steal the Declaration of Independence or something.
 
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