Going to North America '26: tickets, accommodations, etc. (non-politics)

Shame they don't ship to Canada I want the plush World Cup trophy lol

 

They sell that plush trophy on Amazon and they ship to Europe so I bet they ship to Canada. Though here in Holland you can also buy it in toy stores though it's more expensive.

 

Anyone with FIFA Collect RTTs here. Haven't received the conversion links or anything like that yet from FIFA collect, starting to get a little worried.

 

Does anyone know how to access the PMA link?

 

That is interesting. Somebody here asked about this/predicted this several months ago.

 

it may work when they appear in the app, otherwise they are locked to your profile

 

Yes I have a few, I think they are waiting for FIFA to allocate exact blocks, rows and seats.
The communication from FIFA Collect has been poor though.

 

The pricing of this World Cup is beyond concerning. It's legitimately unjust, morally and ethically. As arguably one of the greatest grassroots, globally unifying phenomenon in the history of human affairs, the stewards of the sport have a moral obligation to order it toward the common good, and extracting it for all the wealth they can is deeply troubling. Like, I'd want to ask Infantino, who undoubtedly argues it's within FIFA's right to maximize their return, what do you actually think the definition of greed is?

They're trying to essentially hold fans' passion for the sport against them, but their passion is the only reason FIFA exists in the first place. It's an incentive structure completely out of whack and the principle of the unjustness can be demonstrated by an extreme example.

If I have water to sell, and sell a bottle of water at $1 normally, and see a man dying of thirst, could I get $20 out of him? Certainly. But it is unjust. If I sell it to him at $20, then I am actually not just selling him water. I am selling his own desperation, which I do not own, back to him. It is an extreme example as it involves the aspect of survival but the principle is the point and can be applied here. FIFA did not create the passion for the sport, it was generated over time by the fans. They do not own it, but are trying to extract wealth from it, as if they own it. Particularly so given that this isn't a new event that hasn't ever existed. There is so much precedence of previous World Cups, specifically even being held in this country, where such pricing extortion was not exhibited.

And again, in an increasingly divided world, where football is one of the remaining unifiers across nation borders, it's genuinely gross. It takes an event historically meant for the common people and turns a ticket into a financial instrument that also allows access into a now purely luxury event.

 

Amen. Well said.

 

It might be that they still haven't purchased those tickets yet and so can't actually transfer them to you. Ticket touts are speculators, after all.

 

This has been discussed in so many ways. I will keep it simple.
This World Cup is being treated like a Premium Event.
To keep with your metaphor it is like paying for a $670 bottle of champagne at a Disney resort only rich people will purchase.

I do not like it. But I also know it is not a bottle of water. And I also know I am not the target demographic.

 

But even your analogy fails and amplifies mine as the commonality of the sport has more in common with water than it does with champagne.

And additionally, this is an event with precedent. If your framing of it as a Disney resort only for the rich was true, then it would have always been the case. But what made the event what it is, historically, is that it has not been such. To then change it to such a thing is a distortion of reality and the fact that news outlets have been reporting lower demand than projected across tickets, hotels, etc. shows that actual reality is not aligned with the organizers of the World Cup.

The current pricing isn't in accordance with its true nature and history and so its distorting something with an already established nature. The fact that demand isn't meeting forecasts is just reality politely showing that FIFA miscategorized something with an established category. Bad business, bad thinking and bad economics. Bad ethics.

 

Maybe you are too young to know this but Disney used to be cheaper and much more affordable for upper middle class families. Over the decades it has changed and it is becoming more of a luxury type of theme park that is pricing many families out.

FIFA knows they can get away with this type of logic and reasoning in the United States. So they are taking advantage, sure. But let's not make it seem like it is unique, extremely immoral or extreme price gouging as some are painting it.

 

I agree with all the points you made, and I would add that FIFA has damaged their brand, which is a long-term issue, in return for short-term added profit.

 

Good point, but Disney was a gradual change, like most other things. This World Cup ticket pricing is an abrupt change, with Category 1 tickets to the Final going from $1,607 to $10,990 from one tournament to the next. In this context that is the equivalent of overnight.

 

Thx. Where can i buy the previous world cup mascots ?

 

Couple issues wrong with your framing. Disney resorts have always been seen as a high-end, premium vacation. Even your writing denotes it. Upper-middle class families is not what we're discussing here. Working class fans, by contrast, have always been a significant part of World Cup attendance. This is verifiably true.

And it is actually unique. The sport, across human history, is the most unique and the World Cup is its shining capstone, making it indeed a unique conception, different from other examples.

 

If Disney could find a Market in which they could make a simple jump like that they would. Trust me.

 

Disney prices have gone up at a rate that is way more than inflation. Almost nine times more than typical inflation over the last decade.

FIFA knew they had the ingredients here in the USA to do something radically different. (And they did it.)

 

So where are the cheap resale tickets?

I looked at Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast in Philadelphia and the FIFA website has it at over 600 dollars per ticket, who the F is paying that for that game?

I am trying to get some cheap tickets to shitty games.

 

You can take the risk and purchase from Stubhub. There's tickets less than half that price showing up.

 

I got mine from each WC I previously attended. You might have some luck on eBay.

 

Try these websites:

• https://seatsidekick.com/
  
• https://www.ticketdata.com/performer/world-cup-soccer?sort_by=get_in_price&sort_order=asc

Looks like there are 12 matches <$200. But even if you're planning to attend, why not continue waiting? I believe prices for low-demand matches will continue to decrease (or possible plateau, but I can't see why they'd increase so might as well be patient).

 

I found it on Amazon too, but I’m not sure if they ship to Canada.

https://a.co/d/07XwfCY8