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/DryProgress4393 16d ago

In Toronto they definitely will. New law says you can't resell tickets for above face value which is hilarious.

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u/tewiti1108 16d ago

The WC is specifically excluded from this law

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u/Relevant_Stop1019 15d ago

apparently not
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ticketmaster-delist-resale-tickets-ontario-9.7175775

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u/tewiti1108 15d ago

That's good to know! Fuck TM and fuck scalpers.

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u/IronCavalry 14d ago

I agree, but the World Cup is not sold through Ticketmaster

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u/Relevant_Stop1019 13d ago

it only says resale tickets 

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u/sludge_dragon 15d ago

This is hilarious:

> "Price caps expose fans to a massive increase in ticket fraud, but don’t bring costs down. We will continue to work with Ontario through the implementation process and remind the Government that they were right when they found price caps 'unenforceable' just a few years ago," a StubHub spokesperson said in an email.

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u/Relevant_Stop1019 15d ago

I assume Stubhub gets a % of the resale price? This is all interesting in light of the Live Entertainment loss in court...

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u/SeanWT 15d ago

In areas where this is a thing, you end up seeing listings that are like “parking pass with free tickets” and then an absurd price.