• Who doesn’t want to pay top dollar to be deported by ICE. The Surprise Package.

    And now considering that you have to provide a shit ton of your information to the US government if you are from the EU if you want to come to the US it's for the best the tickets are ultra expensive.

    “Pay with your DNA“ would be a nice slogan

    I'm never going to get through US customs if they see my post history in this sub.

    Don't forget the 250$ visa integrity fee.

    It’s been like that for ages? They ask for socials and other stuff in the ESTA

    I went back in 2021

    AFAIK it wasn’t mandatory before

    Thats it, before you where able to just skip this part, now its mandatory for you.

    You pay for the experience of being deported to a country you have never been to 

    It's a double destination holiday!

    Not to mention handing over five years of your social media data

    And not just you, your contacts and phone history will be checked too. And if they don't like what they seen, Aligator Alcatraz aka modern Auschwitz is waiting for you. Oh and no need to worry about those World Cup tickets, all sales are final and no returns :3

    You pay top dollar but get an authentic experience, none of those tourist traps crap. We will treat you just as bad as anyone else

    The Sudan Sunset All Inclusive

  • Qatar isn't rich?

    you see it isn’t compared to glorious America! 🇺🇸

    Rich in saturated fats and sugar!

    Rich in high fructose corn syrup

    Rich for lowly Arab standards maybe, but not 'the-best-and-riches-country-in-the-world-rich'.

    /s

    What you’re saying is true though

    Pah, you could fit Qatar into Texas. ‘Murica is the bestest, bigliest country in the world

    Did they even say thank you?

    Not even wearing a suit smh

    Qatar fits inside Maine (three times over), let alone Texas 😂

    Forget Texas. Qatar is less than half the population of just Dallas.

    well, america had to bail them out f 2 world wars so no!

    Show some respect! If it wasn’t for the glorious Americans you’d be speaking……. oh yeah, anyway….

    They'd be speaking German today if AMERICA didn't save their asses!!1!

    And everything would be measured in Saarlands! EveRyThiNg!

    U guess people in Alabama would be weirded out when being told that their parents are related by 0.7 Saarlands.

    Rich enough to buy a world cup anyway

    The country, not the people that would go to watch the games. That's the part these morons don't get

    To be fair on the dumbarse with the hot take, he did say large population as well, which disqualifies Qatar from his lazy analysis.

  • the world cup shouldn't be held in Trumps America...

    Olympics were held in fascist Germany 1936.

    Every state has its international sport propaganda event.

    Even when it isn't straight up fascism, but rather just a tough spot, events like these are used as Panem et Circenses.

    Brazil hosted a world cup back in 2014 just as the country was entering in a recession, political tension was high, and the Brazillian Real was melting.

    It's a quick way to make people look away from the real issues

    Well, at least Hitler has not threatened to arrest an deport international Visitors of the Olympics ‘36.

    I remember the many boycotts calls for the world cup in Qatar, not much words for USA's fascist state holding a large portion of the event.
    They hand Trump a Peace prize and people are still okay. FIFA was already a mess of an org, it lost its last pinch of credibility. People still dont give a shit cause they value their short time divertissement over their personal beliefs (non religious, I dont know a better term).

    I think part of that is that Trump happened relatively close to the event. In Qatar's case, there was over a decade of reports on the stadiums being built by slave labor etc.

    But tourism is crashing in the US right now already anyway.

    I think most people are laughing at the inaugural FIFA peace prize being handed to Trump. We are well aware it was made up to sooth his poor hurty feefees because he didn't get the one Obama got.

    And Russia before that. They were already occupying Crimea at the time.

    At least Canada and Mexico are also hosting matches (though unfortunately the lion's share is in the US of A, as is the final)

    What do you mean, he got the fifa peace prize

    You mean the fifa peace pacifier?

    It will be televised live? I’m looking forward to see what body painted messages about Trump that players reveal. Hopefully countries will give their players diplomatic status just to test ICE.

    It was also held in Putins Russia.

    No it should be held somewhere with a nice friendly government like Qatar, Russia or Saudi Arabia.

  • They're obscenely expensive because these days, everything is a rip-off, including FIFA, the World Cup and hbd United States as a whole.

    When you got people like the person who wrote the tweet and all the people that liked it defending these rip-offs, it is no wonder they become more common

    Also, dynamic pricing should be straight up illegal. If I'm buying the same thing, I should be paying the same price, not the absolute maximum these assholes think they can squeeze out of me.

    Add resale profiteering to that list.

    And it maybe shouldn't be "illegal", but prices for all group matches apart from the opening game should be the same.

    And because they know there are 3 kinds of ticket buyers in the US who will pay any price for a ticket; the rich, the stupid and the corporate.

  • Who do they think they are? Switzerland?

    Until they repair their outdated infrastructure and address their homelessness and fentanyl crisis, I will continue to believe that American is smoke and mirrors when it comes to broader societal wealth.

    Football ("soccer" lol) matches are quite affordable in Switzerland, especially compared to the median salary.

    For the match between the two largest swiss teams, tickets start at 30 CHF (~38 USD). You'd be hard pressed to find a ticket to the world cup for not more than 10x that price.

    Final prices are between £3,500 and £12,000.

    And the $3500 seats are so far away from the action that you need a telescope to see what’s happening.

    But they successfully convinced themselves that every American is basically a billionaire (or at the way there) and is better off than anyone else, while every other nation in the world just got electricity last month and still live in some medieval age...

    I’m still patiently waiting for electricity, whatever the fuck that is, to arrive in my mud hovel…,

    Oh they would have to address several more issues than just those

    I mean, the financial system at the heart of American wealth is basically all smoke and mirrors, particularly at the moment with all the AI crap

  • Hot take, that guy is an idiot

    That’s not really a hot take.

    Matt is a typical American: thinks they are the smartest person alive when actually they are dumb as shit. I’m surrounded by them.

  • The only way they can sell tickets in the USA is to market the World Cup tickets as an expensive luxury purchase. The Americans then buy the tickets and show off that no one else can afford them because everyone else is poor. It's value based selling.

    "Likes sports more than you bro" But needs a concert during half-time to watch at all

    Which hilariously only happened because in living color was more entertaining, way more entertaining than the default marching bands

    they have just copied NFL pricing - the group stage tickets are similar as regular NFL games, the WC final prices are similar level as superbowl tickets

    This is not remotely true.

    Just checked Stubhub and I can get into tomorrow's Bears game for $50. I got into the 100th season's unnatural game for $80 in 2019

    Absolute cheapest seat I see for the World Cup in the US is Catar vs Switzerland for $220

  • Easy solution tbf: don't go. I'm sad for Mexico and Canada but this WC is just the most recent in a series of fiascos. Quick recap of last 3 WCs: 2018: WC in dictatorship actively seeking war to expand its borders. Yikes. 2022: WC in theocracy with horrible climate, no football tradition and that employs slave labour to build the stadiums. Double yikes. 2026: WC in growing autocracy where you need to kiss dear leaders bum to operate. All out of yikes.

    I'll watch my national teams matches, probably, if I can with time zone shenanigans. Otherwise, I'll be ignoring this thing.

    Might as well add the 2034 WC in Saudi. Which they essentially organised by hosting the 2030 in 3 continents so it only could be played in Asia or Africa or Oceania and the only proper bid was Saudi

    I still dont understand how anyone thinks that a wc in 3 different continents is a good idea

    2030 is in Africa.

    I knew that and still put down Africa 😂. Silly me. Well it leaves Oceana and Asia

    Do not be sad for us. Our government is also a shit show

  • "We are rich"

    Can you go to the doctor for a cold without being in debt for a few years??

  • I’d rather drink my own piss than step foot in that dump of a country to watch rich pussies cry and flail over minor scuffles.

    And I’d hate watching the games aswel to be fair.

  • I read the rest of that thread, you could fill SAS with content for about a month.

    There was one particular one where they argued that Bayern Munich only had domestic reach so Thomas Muller left for Vancouver Whitecaps to become global

    Lmao I saw this comment as my post just got accepted

    I am not gonna post anything else from it but the Muller one was too fucking hilarious to not post lmao

  • The tickets are so expensive because FIFA, under the leadership of the corrupt Gianni Infantino, is becoming increasingly greedy, not because the host countries are supposedly so rich.

    Btw: By presenting Trump with the so-called “Peace Prize,” Infantino has crossed a red line, and his closeness to the American despot may finally break his neck. In any case, the organization FairSquare has filed an official complaint with FIFA's ethics committee and that could cost Mr. Infantino his job.

    oh dear FIFA is going to investigate itself to find itself innocent - I'm sure they are scared

    Well, FIFA did file criminal charges against Infantino's predecessor, Sepp Blatter, for breach of trust and embezzlement, and there were also investigations into suspected corruption. That gives us some hope, even if you're probably right that in a FIFA that is corrupt from top to bottom, one crow won't peck out the other's eye.

    I never thought I would miss Sepp blatter one day. He was corrupt but compared to infantino he was a saint.

    In my opinion, all the associations need a thorough clean-up, whether it's FIFA, UEFA, or the IOC, but also the national associations, and there should be higher-level, independent supervisory bodies, because honest people like Egidius Braun unfortunately no longer have any say in the associations. The sport is great, and international championships in particular produce phenomenal and legendary games (for me as a German, of course, especially the 2014 World Cup semi-final against Brazil), but the associations are ruining everything.

    Unfortunately it appears that the ethics committee is now far less independent than it was 10 years ago.

    This one ☝️ Avarice of FIFA knows no bounds! A fake peace prize to get the opportunity to sit on Donald’s lap! Oops there goes my chance of going …. 🤣

    Someone should be fired for giving the "peace prize" to the genocide supporter known as Trump.

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    According to this, Mexico is as rich and big as the US, because tickets cost about the same there, but with the difference that I don't have to lay my whole life out in front of the border guards when I enter the country and I don't run the risk of being arrested despite having valid papers because one of your Gestapo ICE officers doesn't like my nose or I have a J.D. Vance meme on my phone.

    Ultimately, however, it doesn't matter, because many fans from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America will boycott the games in the US anyway not only because of the exorbitant prices, but because they do not want to condone and support fascism in the US.

    After all, you can also have a lot of fun watching the live broadcasts in your cozy local bar or at a public viewing events in your home country.

    Btw: Qatar may not be as big as the US, but it is significantly richer. Nevertheless, tickets for the World Cup four years ago were cheaper than they are now for the 2026 World Cup. They were still outrageously expensive back then, but cheaper than they are today.

  • Yeah, this is some pretty stupid shit, Matt…

  • How do Tourist even get to the stadium with like zero public transport? you bring your own suv?

    if you're paying $10k for a final ticket, you can afford another few k for a helicopter ride - don't need public transport like the peasants in the glorious US of A

  • America is poor. We are owned by China and Middle East oil money. Anyone believing otherwise is ignorant, misinformed, and a fool.

    America is the dog on the leash, but not the master.

    Don't forget israel, your politicians seem to love kissing their ass a lot

    Yep. Them too. America loves to be in bed with Zionists. We play every side here, but instead of using that to it advantage, we lose on all fronts.

    Don't forget that your president is a russian asset.

    The US is mainly controlled by Israel.

  • Let the stadium be empty. It will reflect the utter failed of the country

  • I knew it wouldn’t be long before I saw some selfish yank prick make a comment like that.

    Oi!!Footballs for the fans you ignorant cunt!

  • Just for comparison. The euros in Germany (definitely a 3rd world country that's poor) had tickets from 60-500€ and most of the games sold out nearly instantly.

    So no it has nothing to do with population and demand and everything to do with greed.

  • I sure hope this is the last WC held in USA.

    They've got Olympics coming right after....

  • Everyone who has ever tried to go to an MBA match knows ticket prices in the US are insane, that being said Americans don’t go to these matches to watch the sports, they apparantly just want to have to experience and be there to be seen

  • And the average credit card debt per card is? Mine is 0 debt and 35k savings . Nothing loaned, all paid off atm , including my car. How rich is the american?

    Was watching a video where this American woman had 200k in student loans and $180k in car loans and $40k in credit card debt. She owned her own home in bumfuck nowhere but was paying a mortgage to her car.

    180k in car loans? What did she loan ? A bugatti?

    She had two massive trucks. Americans love their $90k quadcab truck because what if I need to move a fridge once every 4 years?

    I have a circa 35k camaro and it was hell to pay off … idk why americans love their Trucks so much , when they can barely afford Gas , morgage and Food on one paycheck 💀 Sounds like economic suicide for me

    Well the trucks are big and also basically an SUV but because they’re 10 foot tall murder machines everyone knows I AINT A QUEER LIBRUL

    I've got $1500 on my credit card, but that's because I pay for everything on it and pay it off at the end of the month before they charge interest. I'm trying to get my credit score higher, it's at 768 right now. My car is paid off. I only have 10k in savings though, so you're winning there.. and I'm hoping you don't have a dementia riddled, insane pedophile as your leader. If you don't, then you're light-years ahead of me..

    No , but a russia lovin opposition 👀 plus our president is 81 🫡

    I'm sorry to hear that..

    And your Orange Headed wanna be dictator wants to free us from the EU …

    I wish he wasn't my anything.. lol I hate that I have to claim him in any way, shape, or form.. I would move far away from the US if I could, even with issues elsewhere. I don't see good things happening here, and I'm scared for my son.

  • As an American who’s loved the game for 5 + decades I am sickened by this bold faced cash grab by FIFA and refuse to attend. I think it would be fitting if fans around the world responded in kind.

    Can you think of a more corrupt organization? Whose game is it anyway?

  • It'll be treated like the Superbowl; as in rich corporations will buy a ton and give them out for free to clients and such

  • Do you get a bullet proof vest included in the price of the ticket?

  • The stadiums will be half empty

  • It’s apparently around €6000 if you want to see all 8 matches up to the final (if your team makes it as far), this is excluding travel and hotel costs.

  • Google Flint, Michigan; school meal debt; City of Grants Pass v. Johnson… Stupid idiots.

  • Let them? I don't care about sports, but if I did, I still wouldn't go to USA... They will want your biometric data and go through your social media, to assess if you're not one of the undesirable people who don't like Trumpism (Christian-fascism). I would end up deported anyway, fuck em.

  • The logic isn't logicing: just because they are SUPPOSEDLY very rich (the country is, the people aren't), that doesn't correlate to the ammount of tickets they are willing to buy. There is no direct correlation with individual wealth

  • Go and enjoy your games then. If any will actually take place

  • It does have to do with it being held in the US. But rather because it is the country of unlimited greed.

  • Close down the sub, we found the winner.

  • My guess is that the stadiums will be very empty. Who wants to go to an autocracy where they check your online history? And you even pay top dollar to go through that mess.

    The question is if Americans will go. They know nothing of football but they love a show, it's a tossup

  • Its fine, once everyone's social media has been gone through, no one will be able to go anyway

  • Lol shits gonna be empty.

  • And what, Americans want to go see Ivory Coast vs Ecuador?… No wait, the way the bang on about coming from somewhere because their great great great auntie once owned a Welsh corgi is crazy so fair enough

  • Prices four times higher than in Qatar because Qatar is such a poor country

  • Yes, we are a very rich country, the only issue is that probably 500,000 people have the vast majority of it in a population of 300,000,000.

  • Yeah, how many tickets is this guy buying?

  • Context in content??

  • If I was from a non European country or anything other than white there is no way I’d go to US for this World Cup.

    It is not worth the risk 

  • Tickets are expensive here because of resellers dominating ticket sales.

  • Don’t listen to some one who Can’t even spell “iglesias”

  • *Dumb take
    FTFY

  • God I hope the stands are empty - it would serve all the money grabbing, corrupt sons of bitches right

  • Can't wait for empty stadiums.

  • Well they are expensive and yet will all be sold. It does mean there are enough customers able to afford it. Doesn't mean much about anything else

  • They're expensive because capitalism is only concerned how much money they can squeeze out of you.

  • Does he think only Americans buy World Cup tickets?

  • Does he know where the last world cup was?

  • "Brought to you by our good friends at Dynamic Pricing TM"

  • Matthew is a moron.

  • I mean, it’s FIFA. The more corrupt the country the better.

  • I guess that’s why it’s a “hot take”

    I wonder if ticket prices will be higher in the US than some of the previous world cups at all

  • I'm waiting for ICE to arrest the teams themselves at the airports. And joke aside, it is a real fear for the teams.

    Even if the teams (players) get some sort of dispensation - it’s the support staff that accompanies such a significant trip that is likely subject to the intricacies of US immigration

  • The U.S. demand will be 1/10 of Portugal.

  • It's going to be very interesting to see the final stadium occupancy statistics for this world cup.

    Holding it in three huge, widely separated, countries. At least one of which has no real football tradition. The highest prices ever. A paranoid visa regime...

  • Really? I thought it was because FIFA came up with a new dynamic pricing scheme that rips people off.

  • If they reduce the price do I get the difference refunded?

  • Meh giving the new requirements to get into the US the only people going to the matches in the US will be from the US.

  • Roll up! Tickets only $5000.......and an arm..and a leg.....and your first born. .........oh! and 5 years of social media history.

  • I knew it, now we all have to chip in for that orange turds fake ass peace medal.

  • What US do not realize is that 99% of their population cannot afford the tickets. Yes the 1% can and they are taking all of them. Is that where you want to live?

  • Yeah, many americans will be ticketless while foreign rich people shall be able to attend.

  • Strange...I didn't know the homeless dudes living in cardboard along Los Angeles' streets were earning more than me

  • With how the U.S. is being with foreigners and immigrants it is not a fit place to hold world events

  • He's not entirely wrong, but he's missing the part where a lot of Americans are seemingly happy to get ripped off, as long as it means those who are worse off miss out altogether.

    If Infantino tries this kind of pricing in 2030 (if he isn't forced out in 2027), it could legitimately lead to FIFA's collapse.

  • Yeah, right. USians are just queuing up buy tickets for the World Cup.

  • Ofc fucking egg boy is saying this

  • Yeah, not like the poor 3rd world Qatar…oh, wait…🤦‍♂️

  • North kor.. eh.. america

    North Korerica