Oh they know there'll be people paying this for sure. All just to watch their country disappoint them.
this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2025
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I am so done with these enormous events. Money fucks up everything. FIFA, IOC, Formula 1, (any other sufficiently large international sports organization, tbh), Eurovision, they all suck. Corrupt leadership in the pockets of the worst states: Russia, Qatar, China, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Trump's regime, France π
agreed(even if i live in Qatar)
We bought a few tickets. I have always wanted to go to a world cup match. We have no idea who is playing. We can't resell the tickets if the teams don't match. It is so fucking stupid. My wife got kinda tricked as she knows I always wanted to go. Fuck FIFA and USA soccer for being compliant.
Can you explain more about not being able to resell if the teams donβt match?
Presale tickets are for time and location. They are sold to a degree already. The groups are not even made. The teams haven't even qualified. The only ones that are, are US, Mexico an Canada. If you want one of those in presale, you had to buy for 4 - 8 games, high price locations. It is so stupid and greedy. You can't not by terms resell them using any service. You could theoretically resell them directly person to person, but that is not easy.
Understood, thank you. Looks like the jacked up the original prices to resell levels.
Thatβs a lot to invest for sure.
You buy tickets to watch your favorite country play in the finals. They get booted in the semifinals. You're stuck watching two teams you dgaf about.
And on top off that FIFA is also selling NFTs that might get you the opportunity to potentially buy a ticket.
The whole process is bordering on gambling.
Your are gambling buying tickets for a match between two teams that might not play, and gambling buying NFTs to be chosen to be put in a draw to buy tickets.
Not only is this a ripoff, but traveling to the United States right now from literally any foreign country is a terrible idea.
If you get picked up off the street by the secret police, there's nobody who can come to your aid at that point.
I'm Canadian, and there's a work conference in the states in an area I really would have wanted to go to if it were a year ago.
All expenses paid by the company for a week of travel and schmoozing.
Still not going.
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also you get to be deported ! what a shit show
That's why the high price.
As an American, you would have to be so fucking stupid to come here for this.
At least you only need a one-way ticket. Your return flight will be at no cost to you. Although the destination is not negotiable.
Good luck seeing the game then. "No return ticket? That's suspicious, you won't be allowed to enter."
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WTF. This is such a huge waste of money. I don't know how people spend this much money to watch OTHER PEOPLE play a sport. A couple hundred at most.
FIFA is one of the most corrupt, rotten organisations on the planet.
Alongside the current US administration.
Sucks to be Mexican. The world cups finally coming to your country after 40 years and the tickets are too expensive for the locals to afford.
Sucks to be Mexican. The world cups finally coming to your country after 40 years and the tickets are too expensive for the locals to afford.
They don't want the poor to attend because they are the one that will turn the stadium into a protest.
Between the ticket prices and the, ah, challenging political climate in the US, I am really curious what game attendance will be.
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Don't forget the Ticketmaster fee.
the most depressing part is how small this page is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-FIFA_international_football
I'm not even gonna watch it for free in TV
It is legitimately dangerous to travel to the United States, because of state sanctioned violence.
At least there's price gouging to offset concerns about personal safety, the very real possibility of being sent to a Concentration Camp, etc.
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Lol.
The Divided States of Trashcanistan hasn't hosted since 1994 and it's going to be an absolute garbage shitshow for the wealthy only. Probably plagued with ICE terrorists. Not to mention another year under this admin and the dollar will probably have tanked another 10% and our cost of living will probably be even more absurd.
There's going to be 6 games within a 2 hour drive from me and I have no intention of going to any of them, despite spending the last few decades fantasizing about going to a World Cup game with some friends.
Pathetic shithole.
For the cheapest ticket you could have flown to the (excellent) womans European championship, got a CAT1 ticket,see Geneva and fly back.
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As a non sports fan the relative prices between matches make very little sense to me.
The opening match being more-or-less tied for second-most-expensive is just silly. Isn't it just a group match? Does it really matter that much?
And the third-place match being cheaper than the quarter-finals? Going to see who'll finish the absolute best except for two teams doesn't matter? If my team was in the third-place match I'd want desperately for them to finish on a high!
I guess it's just another Sports Thingβ’.
For the opening match, you get to watch the opening ceremony as well, so there's that
Opening match you know you get to watch your own team play.
The 2022 World Cup was literally built by slaves. It has a way of keeping prices down.
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