I never did bull fighting, but I did catch alligators at night with my bare hands when I was a crazy teenager.
Posted on 04/19/2026 1:34:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
THE 2026 World Cup is shaping up to be expensive for fans.
Depending on what stadium your ticket is for — if you even got one due to exorbitant prices — transit and lodging costs are cripplingly high.
This year’s World Cup was marketed as a tournament to get Americans excited about soccer and be a place where all fans could come and watch their countries compete.
Instead, it has become a bidding war with both Fifa and local governments setting incredibly high prices.
The cheapest tickets for less favorable games start at around $140 for a seat, but can range upwards of $11,000 for more exciting games.
Take, for example, the United States’ opening game against Paraguay in Inglewood, California on June 12.
Earlier this month Fifa added new tiers of tickets, charging up to $4,105 for a “front category 1” seat.
The less desirable “category 1” seats still sold for $2,735 and the even lesser “category 2” tickets ranged between $1,940 to $2,330.
If a fan did end up getting a ticket at an affordable price, they are now facing incredibly high transit costs.
This month, just weeks away from the start of the tournament, New York/New Jersey and Boston both announces massive price hikes to transportation to and from host stadiums.
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Soccer is considered the most important sport in Germany, France, UK…Israel too.
>> loudmouth gay women
Is there another kind of gay women?
There are happy women?
Who knew?
The only manly sport from Europe is Rugby and it is pretty brutal. I would include jousting without blunted spears as in the days of old. Alas, illegal now. Extremely manly was that contest.
Seriously, I hope those who partake of it enjoy themselves and get their money's worth. Myself? I will be far far away in a distant galaxy.
I never did bull fighting, but I did catch alligators at night with my bare hands when I was a crazy teenager.
How much FIFA makes on the World Cup — largely through tv right and advertising, not ticket sales — is completely irrelevant to grotesque price gouging by the NJ Transit Authority.
NJ is trying to jump a routine $12.50 ticket to Metlife Stadium to $150.
FIFA should just shift those games to some other venue.
We’re talking about routine transit to a football stadium. The crowd for the soccer game won’t be any larger than it would be for a football game; the stadium won’t magically get bigger. The infrastructure is already there. NJ is just running a shakedown like a mafia goon.
Fifa is supposed to make a deal regarding transportation with the local authorities. If they reneged from the deal they have already made, it is up to FIFA to relocate the games to other cities that are already hosting them such as Dallas and Kansas City.
My cousins and I are heading to Soilders Field and Met Life to see Germany play against WGaF.
Staying at Trump Tower in Chicago.
Good Times.
$$ is not a Concern. 😃👍
Livin’ in The USA.🇺🇸
Soccer is big in Europe, and has been since Europe was full of mostly white people.
It’s a trend in blue cities now to shut down streets for things like this and “festivals” because it’s just “so much nicer and healthier for the environment” and it’s utter BS because it makes parking even more of a nightmare and the blue cities refuse to add more parking because “it’s ugly” and think it’ll force everyone to use their public transportation or “bike into town” (yeah right) so the suburb people just Uber in causing MORE pollution.
These games are going to be played in multiple states and cities across the country?
“...I did catch alligators...”
Sold to local restaurants as chicken?
Greg Gutfeld has been joking about illegal immigrants trying to claim asylum in England by saying they are gay--the evidence for that is that they like soccer.
The stadium probably sells out for many events and people get there without paying $150/head.
FIFA is being a pig financially and NJ Transit wants access to the trough too.
Yes. Speaking of...
Maybe on a smaller field with looser offsides rules it might be interesting.
They cancelled once, then agreed to play it.
I do not follow soccer. They may have cancelled again.
Seattle votes 70%-80% Democrat.
The Iran national team will get a standing ovation if they actually play their game here!
The US has already hosted a soccer World Cup in 1994. The nation somehow survived. Not a fan of the game but it is the biggest spectator sport thingy around. All I ask is that I can ignore it in peace for the most part. I expect I will be posting the odd comment here on FR.
When did Megan Rapinoe turn into Piers Morgan?
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