Empty seats at World Cup match in Guadalajara
Photos from the South Korea vs Czech Republic match in Guadalajara showed large pockets of empty seats despite FIFA reporting a near-capacity crowd of 44,985 in the roughly 46,000-seat stadium. Observers linked the visible gaps to high ticket prices and concerns about affordability for local and visiting supporters. Because FIFA's attendance figure nearly filled the venue, the empty pockets do not indicate a broadly empty stadium but instead highlight uneven seat occupancy and potential issues with ticket allocation or resale. The discrepancy matters as the tournament moves to other host cities because it raises questions about ticket pricing, resale practices, and local access to World Cup matches.
GB News: Hundreds of empty seats in second game of World Cup as organizers are left embarrassed. Did FIFA really think gifting Trump with a crybaby peace prize would work out well for them? I guess they had to learn the hard way that #ETTD #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
Hieronymus McGillicuddy11Widespread reports of people who bought seats, very expensive seats, but their visas have been denied with no explanation. Of course, we understand the need of Homeland Security to defend us from the well-known terrorist organizations based in ... Scotland? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Patrick Keliher81. There were many empty seats. 2. The match was in Guadalajara, Mexico. Blame FIFA for this one. 3. The volume of empty seats in about every match is going to be tremendous in a week. Especially in the U.S.
Taloolah5Did you get what you wanted, FIFA? Lay down with dogs, wake up with fleas
FIFA is trying to sell 70,000 seats to Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia in Houston for $380 per seat. They’ve dramatically overpriced these tickets. There are gonna be a lot of half empty stadiums.
Ody19FIFA is corrupt as all fuck and needs to have its entire leadership wiped clean, and start over.
Matty Ice17They don’t care. 20% capacity at $380 is still more money than full capacity at $50. They don’t give a shit about anything but money.
Gipper’s Gravespin14I wouldn’t pay $380 to see anything
European🇪🇺Antifascist6both nations atrocious in football. I wouldnt go if FIFA paid me 10$ lmao this WC is such a shit show, seriously not worth watching until the RO16.
Claude the Irregular Dragon (TM)4FIFA can suck it. I hope the whole event is a train wreck.
ProudSocialist⚛️💙🏳️🌈🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦3I can do so much more with $380 then go to a stupid game.
Pascals Wager3Virtually nobody in Houston is interested in that match - or any match at that price.
Joeyblueskies2That ticket should max out at $30
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seamiracles2Best part is stadium operations is a fixed cost. Have to have the same # of staff and supplies if 10 ppl show up or if 10k do. Good job morons!!
