Some people think that me living in Mexico makes it easier for me to find tickets for the coming World Cup. Not really; all normal fans, all over the world, are victims to the same FIFA ticketing mayhem that is already causing fan associations to complain.
I do not think it is surprising, as FIFA has for many years been accused of not considering the interests of the fans, and sadly this World Cup appears to confirming the accusation.
I have signed up for the tickets. The dynamic pricing is making them very expensive, and it is easy to argue that this is the nature of market mechanisms, and with an open reselling platform that allows us to resell tickets at any price, it is bound only to increase prices, making it even more inaccessible for the vast majority of people... And FIFA taking up to 15% of reselling price...
I am critical, but admit that I have signed up, and I am hopeful and willing to pay some of the (lower) prices despite it being a large expense. But at the same I am already getting ticket offers from many other platforms, and wonder who is benefiting from these platforms who offer "ticket guarantee" at exaggerated prices, and that on top of this, hospitality tickets are being offered for free to rich elites who seem to be those who could afford the high prices...
While I am open to a policy of dynamic pricing and even grudgingly that FIFA takes its own (high) fee, I would rather question the lack of transparency and equal opportunity access about who gets ticket; because let us face it, some fans are more equal that others...
Sadly, I have stopped having expectations to FIFA as the guarantor of the fans, but still hopeful that I may be able to see a match in the World Cup...
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