The World Cup has been and will be a popular festival. The World Cup in the USA will be a party without “the people”. Those who have been to football matches around the world know that it is not the seats with the most expensive prices that create the atmosphere. In the upcoming version of the championship, the World Cup arenas will be made virtually inaccessible to the biggest event creators in the stands. It has gone so far that one of the Bayern Munich bosses is staying at home.
Board member and honorary president of Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeneß, reacts. Hoeness comes from a country where it is generally cheaper to watch football than elsewhere in Europe. He thinks it is highly objectionable that tickets to a football match can be as expensive as the World Cup is expected to be.
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“I have to say that it makes my blood boil. I had planned to go myself, as I had an invitation from a good friend who would have provided me with a house. But I’m not going to go for that. I am in favor of commercialization, but not in favor of such exaggerations. A final ticket that costs 2500 dollars – let the Chinese, or those who treat themselves to it once a year, go. But a sensible German would not do it,” says Uli Hoeneß in an interview with DAZN.
$2500. Then Hoeness has found a ticket in the “cheap” category.
