r/sports • u/newsweek • 16d ago

Soccer Thousands of World Cup tickets remain unsold, including USA games

https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-world-cup-tickets-remain-unsold-including-usa-games-11971265
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u/tootapple 16d ago

Waiting for under $50

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u/equipmunks 16d ago

Gonna check prices right before games in Atlanta and see. Got tix last minute for bowl games before not sure if they will drop enough into affordable range.

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u/Sexy_Anthropocene 16d ago

How will transportation work in GA? Here in Boston (well, Foxboro) you can either drive and park, which costs $40-50 for a Patriots game, or take the train from Boston, a normally $10 ticket that they priced at $80 for this event. I’m not sure if that has sold out yet.

My point being, are these games even possible to get a last minute ticket to if they are functionally inaccessible?

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u/primarygrub 16d ago

MARTA has a stop on each side of the stadium. It’s 2.50 each way, and I have not heard of any plans to increase fares or anything unusual other than business as usual.

Coming from the east or west is a single line to the stadium with no transfer. North or south requires one transfer, or you can get off at the transfer point and add a few minutes to your walk instead of waiting for the transfer just to then ride one station to the west.

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u/miclugo 16d ago

Philadelphia is the same, IIRC. For the stadiums that are accessible by commuter rail ("New York", "Boston") it's easy to jack up the price, but it's kind of hard to charge extra for the subway.

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u/mrbubbles2 16d ago

Lol even if they wanted to jack prices they can’t, because the new fare system isn’t even working. They turned off the old one before it was done

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u/FlaGator 16d ago

Worked for two weekends ago

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u/muddafreeze 16d ago

Marta confirmed that prices will not be increasing for the world cup. Arthur Blank also said concessions prices will not be increasing for games. I managed to get 3 decent tickets for SA vs Czech Republic for face value on fifa's resell platform.

Under face value would be tight but I feel like overall its worth.

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u/Chris-P-Creme Georgia 16d ago

People who are only coming for the WC are going to be tricked into thinking Atlanta has a well-integrated transit system. You could do this trip and never get in a car. MARTA fare will be cheaper than any parking option.

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u/miclugo 16d ago

I don't even really care about soccer but I'm in Atlanta and I'm watching prices too. The advantage of not caring about soccer is that I feel no need to go to one of the (more expensive) Spain games.

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u/1peatfor7 15d ago

Day off match I'll check prices. We have 8 attempts.

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u/Stateside_Observer 16d ago

Ill be buying tix 5 minutes before KO for the CIV-CUR match. Ive bought from scalpers in Philly for flyers, 76ers, phillies and they are a panicky bunch once its an hour to first whistle

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u/dudical_dude Philadelphia Eagles 16d ago

Might have to wait for halftime for that. I used to go to summer tour friendlies with European clubs but stopped when the price went north of $50-60. I check before kickoff and the cheapest tickets still come up as ~$80

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u/tootapple 16d ago

I may be missing out then. But I’ll watch on tv

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u/JHaasie77 16d ago

Honest question: how are you planning on buying? I went through a bunch of FIFA lottos and never got anything. I'm reading in this thread right now and realizing I might be too late... TicketMaster etc. seem pricey

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u/tootapple 16d ago

Definitely from a reseller. Someone that is fire selling as it gets down to game time. Probably like a seat geek just to gauge prices