Thursday, December 11, 2025

World Cup ticket prices 'monumental betrayal'

Supporters hoping to attend next year's World Cup final face paying thousands of pounds for the cheapest ticket. Fans' group Football Supporters Europe has said it is "astonished" by Fifa's "extortionate" pricing strategy, and called for ticket sales to be "halted immediately". The Football Supporters' Association's England Fans' Embassy said it was a "slap in the face" for supporters. Fifa has not yet commented on its pricing decisions.

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BBC Sport understands tickets for the final in MetLife Stadium, New York, are in three tiers: 'Supporter value tier' - $4,185; 'Supporter standard tier' - $5,560; 'Supporter premium tier' - $8,860

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Imagine spending all that money, flying all that way, only to be swept up by ICE before you can get out of the #%?! airport? I believe the reason Trump is gas-bagging constantly about a sport he knows squat about is (1) his bottomless, pathological need to keep his mug in the newscycle, and (2) the fact he apparently can't find a way to profit from his association with the notoriously shady FIFA suits. Instead, they recently bought him off with a gaudy medallion and three noticeably under-filled sacks of 'Yes Sir, yes Sir, three bags full Sir" of flattery and meaningless toady froufrou. I'd like a refund...this timeline sucks.

#1 | Posted by dutch46 at 2025-12-11 11:10 PM

FIFA 2026 will be a disaster for manifest reasons, including this staggering price gouging, as well as Dummkopf Trumpf's personal greed and competence, ICE, and FIFA corruption.

"Dummkopf Trumpf Accused Over 'Worst Deal' In World Cup History US Taxpayers Will Pay"

www.sportbible.com

"Estimates suggest that while the US expects between five and seven million international visitors for the tournament, the combination of travel bans, visa issues, and enforcement concerns could result in hundreds of thousands " or even millions " of fans choosing to stay away or attend matches only in Canada or Mexico."

The only good news in this slowly developing debacle was Israel's elimination from FIFA earlier this year.

Could you imagine how many volunteers would have showed up with rotten eggs and tomatoes for the team that represents ethnic cleansing?

Other FIFA problems:

www.espn.com

www.aljazeera.com

www.aljazeera.com

www.straitstimes.com

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-12 12:00 AM

CORRECTION: "FIFA 2026 will be a disaster for manifest reasons, including this staggering price gouging, as well as Dummkopf Trumpf's personal greed and incompetence, ICE, and FIFA corruption."

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-12 12:01 AM

Instead, they recently bought him off with a gaudy medallion

I thought it interesting that Lewzer was suggesting that since "Soccer" is really "Football", the NFL needs to come up with a new name for their thing. Imagine if Obama has suggested that?

"When you look at what has happened to football in the United States, which is soccer in the United States, we seem to never call it (football) because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that's called football," Trump said Friday during the FIFA World Cup draw. "But when you think about it, shouldn't it really be called ... this is football, there's no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL. It really doesn't make sense when you think about it."
www.nytimes.com

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-12 12:01 AM

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