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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4545 on: April 18, 2025, 02:26:37 pm »
Whoa… thought we were none

DC’s Audi Field to host 3 FIFA Club World Cup games
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4546 on: April 18, 2025, 03:34:13 pm »
note the use of the word "Club" in there... that's not the inter-country World Cup


edit:  games at Audi Field
Group G: Al Ain FC v Juventus FC Wednesday, 18 June, 21:00
Group H: FC Salzburg v Al Hilal Sunday, 22 June, 18:00
Group G: Wydad AC v Al Ain FC Thursday, 26 June, 15:00
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4547 on: April 18, 2025, 04:10:32 pm »
note the use of the word "Club" in there... that's not the inter-country World Cup


edit:  games at Audi Field
Group G: Al Ain FC v Juventus FC Wednesday, 18 June, 21:00
Group H: FC Salzburg v Al Hilal Sunday, 22 June, 18:00
Group G: Wydad AC v Al Ain FC Thursday, 26 June, 15:00

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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4548 on: April 18, 2025, 06:53:47 pm »
the second game starts at 6:00, so over by 8:30 assuming no OT.  depending on start times of the concerts one might be able to swing both the game and a show.
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4549 on: April 18, 2025, 07:14:54 pm »
note the use of the word "Club" in there... that's not the inter-country World Cup


edit:  games at Audi Field
Group G: Al Ain FC v Juventus FC Wednesday, 18 June, 21:00
Group H: FC Salzburg v Al Hilal Sunday, 22 June, 18:00
Group G: Wydad AC v Al Ain FC Thursday, 26 June, 15:00

Yeah this is a pretty transparent action on the part of FIFA to get a bigger piece of European football club action which is what the world is living and dying by these days. It’s kind of weak sauce. Nobody thinks anyone has a chance against European clubs so the Champions League will remain the marquee club competition. Now if FIFA made some changes so poor countries and clubs weren’t giving up talent at younger and younger ages maybe we could have a competitive world club competition .
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4550 on: April 18, 2025, 09:15:34 pm »
Whoa… thought we were none

DC’s Audi Field to host 3 FIFA Club World Cup games

The way things are going we are not going to be able to afford to go to any World Cup games in 2026…it’s not 1994 anymore…for the good teams in 2026 you are going to be looking at $500 to get in the door!!! Ro was telling me a while ago we should go see argentina and I didn’t have the heart to tell him we won’t be able to afford it!!!

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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4551 on: April 18, 2025, 10:55:05 pm »
I can tell him for you.

Whoa… thought we were none

DC’s Audi Field to host 3 FIFA Club World Cup games

The way things are going we are not going to be able to afford to go to any World Cup games in 2026…it’s not 1994 anymore…for the good teams in 2026 you are going to be looking at $500 to get in the door!!! Ro was telling me a while ago we should go see argentina and I didn’t have the heart to tell him we won’t be able to afford it!!!

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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4552 on: April 19, 2025, 04:57:46 am »
Can you also tell him I would rather watch it on TV and keep my $500?

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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4553 on: April 19, 2025, 05:00:30 pm »
Sure.  Anything else?

Can you also tell him I would rather watch it on TV and keep my $500?

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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4554 on: June 11, 2025, 04:03:33 pm »
FIFA WC'26 will kick off in exactly 365 days

i just registered for ticketing info.  no onsale date yet, but per the intertubes "FIFA has announced that tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will go on sale in the third quarter of 2025"
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4555 on: June 11, 2025, 04:22:07 pm »
one can currently buy "hospitality packages" for the WC, AKA their equivalent of platinum tickets.  there are package for all games at a given venue, all games for a given team (3 round-robin + 1 round of 32, transpo not included), or packs of 4 or 8 games of one's choosing.  8-pack is the only way to get finals tickets, at this time, as far as i can tell - but not available online, someone will call you (AKA $$$$$$$$$).

i looked into getting a set for seattle which is hosting 6 games.  cheapest option is $9,850 ($1,642/game), top shelf is $27,200 ($4,533/game) per seat.  all packages include hospitality suites/tents, various refreshments, commemorative gift, exclusive access to blah blah blah...

edit: i can get 4 tickets to the opening round games for $1,412/game... prices crashin' yo.

hopefully the single-game, non-platinum tix will be a little more affordable.
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4556 on: June 11, 2025, 04:27:12 pm »
i looked into getting a set for seattle which is hosting 6 games.  cheapest option is $9,850 ($1,642/game), top shelf is $27,200 ($4,533/game) per seat.  all packages include hospitality suites/tents, various refreshments, exclusive access to blah blah blah...
LOL, poverty-ass sport. We're paying more than that per person for a single F1 weekend in Montreal starting in two days.
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4557 on: June 11, 2025, 04:34:13 pm »
more than how much?  more than $27k per person???

(FYI all those WC price are per person/seat)
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season...
« Reply #4558 on: June 11, 2025, 04:40:47 pm »
more than how much?  more than $27k per person???
The suite for the three days plus the Mercedes Benz gala plus all the VIP food/drinks options is around $27k PER PERSON.
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