Thanks to everyone refusing to spend money in or toward my country right now, you’re literally keeping money away from an organization trying to terrorize and imprison us or worse.
Screwing over FIFA is a nice cherry on top too.
Fuck FIFA and their boot licking, corrupt bullshit. Somehow I think they’ve managed to be more corrupt than any of the US based sporting organizations.
FIFA is up there as one of the most corrupt organizations out there. There’s not a US sporting org that even comes close.
LOL. Liberty Media, Indy 500…
No one outside of USA has heard of either. FIFA is a global organisation.
Cheerleading might come close.
Boycott the shit outta this fash cup
The Aryan came third.
ist he 2nd? It would make sense for the stands to see the front side of the podium, no?
Shouldn’t 2nd and 3rd be at different heights?
I’m gonna give you the lemmy peace prize for this, but skip me a few cool billion first
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The AHLA said this does not align with Fifa’s statement that more than five million tickets have been sold, external and it creates a risk that “the anticipated economic lift may fall short”.
Lol…
It’s obvious what’s happening, but it’s not as good as people are thinking.
The reason to kets are so expensive, is American reselling processes.
Scalpers ought up all the tickets immediately, and instantly relisted them for higher. New scalpers are buying those, and listing them again.
Everytime they’re resold, another cut gets taken out by Ticketmaster. And Fifa is likely getting a piece of that in addition to their original piece.
FIFA is going to make a shit ton of money. Scalpers may lose some, but what little “economic incentive” from the games won’t materialize, because we’re almost guaranteed to have a bunch of “unsold” tickets that were sold 4-5 times already.
People already there may be able to capitalize on tickets being cheap right before games start as scalpers panic, but no one will travel short notice. And once the first games air with a bunch of empty seats, people will try to wait till last minute and buy tickets. Likely getting ripped off at the event and trying to enter with fake tickets
The entire thing is going to turn into a giant cluserfuck, and that’s without ICE running around like they’re almost guaranteed to.
You couldn’t pay me enough to show up in the general vicinity of one of these games
Everytime they’re resold, another cut gets taken out by Ticketmaster.
Yep, this is why the scalper issue will never get resolved, because they also benefit from it. They will literally do every convoluted way to “prevent” scalping except the actual solution: resales can only be done at original ticket price or lower, and no reselling fees go to ticketmaster.
That was pretty much how things worked for Ticketmaster in Norway when I had someone bail on going to a festival we were planning on attending together, as I recall. So it can be addressed, just probably need to be in a country with a functional government and regulations.
I’d even be fine with resale prices limited to original sale price plus a nominal FLAT fee for ticket master.
Why should Ticketmaster get anything from a resale?!
Would be funny if the only people attending the games were the last scalpers left holding the bag like ‘eh may as well’
Seems like a good way to launder money
Yep, ai got tickets direct from FIFA. Two decent seats (tier 2). They cost me $450 each. They are reselling for $1200+. I am not selling but hope the scalpers lose.
Ha. Those will be $30 when they need to pack the stands for TV.
How does that work if the tickets are owned by scalpers?
good luck… tons of “at cost” tickets are not selling
Ah, yes, FIFA, mhm, yes, they’re on the list of institutions that should properly fuck themselves to death.
Your pedo boss made it crystal clear that it doesn’t want “aliens” in the US. Why are you all acting surprised when no “aliens” are coming? Or is the surprised because we are the “right kind of alien”?
Many of us aren’t surprised at all. This outcome was obvious to us from a mile away.
Apparently white South Africans are the right kind.
That doesn’t bode well for the future of the FIFA Peace Prize as an institution
I was really looking forward to some longevity there.
I genuinely hope not a single person shows up.
Soccer fans are nationalist assholes, they will show up, to watch players like Ariaga! Ariaga II! Bariaga! Aruglia! And Pizzoza!
OPEN WIDE FOR SOME SOCCER!!!
US = play stupid games win stupid prizes.
Oh noes FIFAs a bust.
Oh well.
Next.
‘Peace and quiet’ prize for no one attending the world cup :D
Hope nobody goes
