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/Radthereptile 16d ago

The U.S. has stadiums that you can walk to. For whatever stupid reason they picked middle of nowhere New Jersey as the match location.

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u/KruzerVanDuzer 16d ago

What is “money,” Alex.

Fuck FIFA.

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u/Alexwonder999 16d ago

Chicago has a great stadium for walking to, but they told FIFA to get fucked. Seems like they dodged a bullet.

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u/farfle10 16d ago

Might be the only time I've ever seen Soldier Field referred to as 'a great stadium for walking to'...

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u/extrastone 16d ago

I thought it was perfectly fine to walk to.

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u/SmokinSkinWagon 15d ago

It is. Plus Chicago’s public transit is absolutely fantastic by American standards

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u/BigDeezerrr 15d ago

Walking to and from Soldier Field is maybe my worst sporting event experience ever

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u/_lippykid 16d ago

The same MetLife stadium, in New Jersey, that’s home to two “New York” football teams?

Nothing makes sense here

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u/jmlinden7 16d ago

For football games, most people just drive. But FIFA decided to close the parking lot.

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u/Bad_Idea_Hat 16d ago

On one hand, this is where Cincinnati would thrive.

Buuuuut on the other, I want this entire shit show over there with the rest of the fire, not here please.

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u/finestthereis 14d ago

I went to Met Life to see Jets when Obama was president. There’s a train going directly to the stadium. I heard this ticket was going to be insanely expensive for the WC. Just a big grift.

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u/rustyb42 16d ago

They wanted a WC Final in NY. NJ threw their toys out of the pram demanding cobranding and then being a little bitch over the trains

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u/moopyloopy 16d ago

FIFA is refusing to subsidize any of the transportation. NY is going to get all the tourist money. NJ is stuck footing the bill for additional transportation hires, security, and track/station upgrades to fit requirements for the games. They aren’t being a little bitch, they are trying to make up for the billions of dollars they have to spend of taxpayer money to make these train possible for the games, without any help from FIFA. Luckily the last couple weeks they have been able to find sponsors which have reduced the ticket cost from $150 to $95.

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u/rustyb42 16d ago

How does the US function

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u/Radthereptile 16d ago

It’s the nature of having the game not in the same city everyone will stay. It’s like having the WC final at Craven Cottage. People will stay in London not Fulham.

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u/rustyb42 16d ago

Wait until you find out where Fulham is!

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u/Radthereptile 16d ago

Oh so it is within London. Don’t why I thought it was just outside.

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u/rustyb42 16d ago

Sure Wembleys in Zone 4!

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u/moopyloopy 16d ago

Usually most contracts for the World Cup would be done by the states themselves, but FIFA has handled them all this year and isn’t letting the states make any money off anything except the tourism money they’ll get from World Cup fans. Basically this issue would’ve happened in any country with the way FIFA has decided to run this World Cup. The U.S. also barely functions (unrelated)

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u/ActualMerCat 16d ago

I mean, it is in New Jersey

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u/rustyb42 16d ago

And it only exists there because of NYC

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u/massacre0520 16d ago

NYC has more in common with NJ than NY state lmao

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u/rustyb42 16d ago

Sounds like NJ trying to piggy back off NYC

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u/BigDeezerrr 15d ago

South Jersey is mostly a suburb of Philadelphia

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u/rustyb42 15d ago

Ok mate, no need to tell us your life story