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Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2025 10:30 pm
by NomadskiEFC
Blueomar wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 1:20 am I want to go, been looking at tickets for matches at Sofi stadium and Levis stadium. $1500 for the uppermost seats is bananas.
Are the extortionate priced tickets exclusively for the US stadia, or is this representative of the Mexican and Canadian stadia too? I hope there are lots of empty seats like the CWC if so.

Sick pricing, but typical of a country that views everything through the lens of profit.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2025 10:34 pm
by CannockPricey
I'm definitely the wrong person for this as I have less than zero interest in international football and haven't for years but I can't get my head around the amount they are expecting people to pay to watch two countries they have no affinity with.

Of course the host nations will have huge interest and the bigger countries will have plenty of ex pats but there are some very obscure qualifying teams that will be leaning heavily on neutrals to fill stadia. Unless the tickets are very cheaply priced, who's going to that?

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2025 9:29 am
by AjaxAndy
Just with regards kick off times and them not wanting to have midday matches due to the heat... What did they do for the 94 world cup? I was 14 then and sure all the games were on at acceptable times?

Is this just typical modern world health and safety thinking, or is there something else going on that I'm not aware of?

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2025 9:31 am
by AjaxAndy
CannockPricey wrote: Wed Dec 03, 2025 10:34 pm I'm definitely the wrong person for this as I have less than zero interest in international football and haven't for years but I can't get my head around the amount they are expecting people to pay to watch two countries they have no affinity with.

Of course the host nations will have huge interest and the bigger countries will have plenty of ex pats but there are some very obscure qualifying teams that will be leaning heavily on neutrals to fill stadia. Unless the tickets are very cheaply priced, who's going to that?
How much they're expecting people to pay... now.

Pretty sure the Club World Cup prices were similarly eye gauging, but closer to the competition starting tickets were as low as $50 I believe I read.

Probably the same will happen for the world cup when they realise not enough people in America understand or like the sport enough to fill out the stadiums.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2025 6:50 pm
by Goaljira
AjaxAndy wrote: Thu Dec 04, 2025 9:29 am Just with regards kick off times and them not wanting to have midday matches due to the heat... What did they do for the 94 world cup? I was 14 then and sure all the games were on at acceptable times?

Is this just typical modern world health and safety thinking, or is there something else going on that I'm not aware of?
Think its a bit of the H&S, a bit of them trying to maximise attendance and a lot of there's a lot mire games to fit in.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:05 pm
by Goaljira
Draw at 5pm today? Will probably still be going on by the time I get home at 18:30ish.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:16 pm
by Cereal Killer
Goaljira wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:05 pm Draw at 5pm today? Will probably still be going on by the time I get home at 18:30ish.
Yeah Trump and Infantino are making speeches so it’ll be ages until something football related happens

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 3:12 pm
by bigmanbob
He's got the village people there apparently, saying nothing!

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 5:17 pm
by Blueomar
NomadskiEFC wrote: Wed Dec 03, 2025 10:30 pm Are the extortionate priced tickets exclusively for the US stadia, or is this representative of the Mexican and Canadian stadia too? I hope there are lots of empty seats like the CWC if so.

Sick pricing, but typical of a country that views everything through the lens of profit.
pretty sure the price is being set by FIFA and not the good ol USA, friend.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 5:25 pm
by Gash
Nothing reeks of corruption more than the love in between Trump and Infantino.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 5:28 pm
by Shogun
What the fuck is this

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 5:29 pm
by Goaljira
Wtf are they going on about Trump for?

And why does it sound like an AI Youtube video?

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 5:29 pm
by Gash
😂

It's not the Nobel he craves but it's a start!

What a fucking embarrassment. 😂

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 5:31 pm
by Gash
Fuck me, that guy can hardly carry it! He looks like someone getting two cases of beer out the boot of the car! 😂

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 5:33 pm
by Gash
I bet after the world cup he's the first to defend his title too, 'no one's ever done that before'. 😂