In economically difficult times, every euro has to be turned over twice. This applies even more to football fans if they want to fly overseas for the World Cup in 2026. The Christmas bonus will hardly be enough – given the ticket prices.
Apparently there are four categories, the fourth is said to be the cheapest. But there are hardly any or not in every stadium. Well, yes. For the first preliminary round game, the price for the cheapest ticket is 155 euros, the most expensive one costs 430 euros. Not long ago, the cheapest one was supposed to cost 21 euros. There is no longer any talk of that. If the fan orders all the tickets in the cheapest category (including the final), he will lose almost 6,000 euros; If he likes it more exclusive, it’s a mere 14,000 euros. So that everything works and the tickets are secure, you have to pay another 900 euros. Until then, not a single beer had been drunk, no one had stayed in a hotel, and the plane had not yet been paid for. And who has that much money? The standing room fan, not so much. The World Cup visitors will mostly be event fans with high incomes. About people who only show up every two or four years. This scares the real fan.
Oh yes. What do you want from a tournament with over 100 games? A normal Bundesliga match day has nine games, but at the World Cup more than eleven match days are played in six weeks. Craziness. Nevertheless, no one is taking to the barricades against all this nonsense – where is the supposedly fan-friendly DFB? He is silent. No wonder, as the association earns a lot from the World Cup. All the more so, the more skillfully the US financial jugglers act.
I’d rather save my money and watch the World Cup with friends in the garden. There’s more left for the season ticket for the local club that plays in the fourth-class regional league. And for beer and bratwurst in the clubhouse.
“Sport free!” from the fan advocate.
