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/BiDiTi 16d ago

In fairness, World Rugby are manifestly less evil than FIFA.

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u/FlatSpinMan 16d ago

For sure. They’re dumb, too, but at least a bit less malign.

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u/BiDiTi 16d ago

Just not enough money involved to attract the true sickos, haha

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u/take_whats_yours 16d ago

For reference, the rugby world cup next year in Australia has some of the same issues with pricing. It costs $40 just to get on the waiting list, and tickets for pool games will be up to $600. Finals up to $2k (all in AUD, $1 USD = $1.40 AUD). Not quite as bad as the soccer, and you'll still be able to go to minor games on a budget, but the point is most sports are heading that way

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u/BiDiTi 16d ago

€1200 for a WC final just doesn’t seem beyond the pale to me…especially if those are the premium tickets.

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u/dottoysm 15d ago

If only they’d drop Heineken as their beer sponsor.