my Cat 4 WC2002 tickets were $75 each from memory. We spent on average €50 each per night for accommodation.Originally Posted by pineapple stu
all quite reasonable I felt at the time
my Cat 4 WC2002 tickets were $75 each from memory. We spent on average €50 each per night for accommodation.
all quite reasonable I felt at the time
Well there was Messrs George Joe Delaneys doing their own style rip offs in 94. But Gianni aint loading sponsors to take the load off fans thats for sure. Id have thought stadia are bigger in 2026 too. Throw in travel compared to Qatar in getting from game to game. I may be labouring the point but this version of FIFA is a bigger sickener than Blatter's. At least he was arrogant enough not to be pathetic alongside world leaders, sitting on thrones like a flipping queen beside the king.
I dont think all group matches are equal. So higher profile games are set higher. BBC suggesting Socts v Haiti not categorised same as England v Croatia for exmple. Not sure how that works expect for dynamic pricing rather than match category but really should have been set prior to the draw and suck it up if there was a real potential classic match up and none of this dynamic rubbish. Unless you can show that it wrecks the secondary market exploitation which I doubt. But like the beer index, higher pricing doesnt often mean less demand, people will break themselves trying regardless. Even if I was loaded Id not fancy this one!
Last edited by Nesta99; 11/12/2025 at 5:44 PM.
OK, that's a mental price increase if true. And saw today that prices for the final are starting at €3,500...
Between that and banning anyone who's badmouthed Trump on social media, this could be a bigger disaster attendance-wise than Qatar.
Elsewhere, I see FIFA have selected Egypt v Iran as the LGBTQ+ Pride Match - to predictable complaints from both countries. Be interesting to see if inclusion finally calls the bluff of homophobic Islam. But I reckon money will talk...
I don't think it was FIFA that did that, it was a local group. FIFA are far too money driven to have the balls to get behind something like that.
Dya know dynamic pricing may bite back in this WC. If demand is mediocre, stadia not selling out then prices may stay flat. Im sure there'd be a minimum but there could well be a lot of people leaving it to hours before games to get their ticket. Not for me but I do know a few people who have been at some of the biggest fixtures about just by waiting and if it doesnt happen they hit a bar and enjoy a mini holiday, they'd say they nearly prefer the prematch buzz than the game itself.
I think its the city's pride week that week. Now you couldnt pay for that sort of timing and profile by the Pride organisers. But FIFA could have been quicker to head off the potential controversy. Shows how much attention they were paying to things on the ground while fawning over Donald and his faux peace prize while readying for war off the coast of one of the hosts. Shame Venezuela hadnt qualified just to see if FIFA would bow on that one while ignoring others on orders of El Trump....
Not bothering to look at more liberal countrie for such a game but if it was design for the countries involved I might actually think FIFA do have some substance, playing up to some while working on other initiatives quietly. I just doubt it so its left them with a headache. June is pride month and flags are flown and events held but I think in this case there is a main festival same week as the game in the same city. As said well played by somebody including festival organisers if it was done by design with quick thinking on the publicity it will generate. If it take off, it will be a ignificant test for FIFA under what would bound to be pressure from the WH to make it go away as well as the countries involved. If the pride game is reallocated it will say planty we already know about this version of FIFA and WC.
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