My people, e don dey happen again oh! The ticket prices for this 2026 World Cup wey dey come don scatter everywhere. Na so e be when dem start to dey sell for FIFA proper resale platform. Some tickets don jump from normal price reach outrageous amount, and no be small wahala!
For example, imagine say one ‘category three’ seat wey go dey for the first match between Mexico and South Africa for Azteca Stadium on June 11, na him dey go for $5,324! Abeg, wetin happen? The original price na just $895. E be like say dem dey sell tickets for money launder business or wetin?
Even more wahala dey for those wey wan attend final for July 19. One ticket wey originally cost $3,450 dey sell for mouth-watering $143,750! If you check am well, na over 41 times the original price. E be like say dem no wan make average fans enjoy the show again. Na only those wey get big pocket fit attend this mundial again?
Even the cheapest ticket wey dey available don show say na $9,775! Wetin? For those wey dey think sey dem fit catch some cheap tickets, you go need to check your bank account well well, because wahala dey everywhere. Some tickets don even drop small small, but e no reach am for most cases. E get one ticket for Austria group match against Jordan wey dey sell for $552, and e don drop from original price of $620. Na one chance wey show sey some tickets fit still dey reasonable.
Guillaume Aupretre, wey dey talk for France national team supporters, don yarn say these prices no surprise am at all. E talk say na ‘monumental betrayal’ for fans. Abeg, who go pay this kind price wey no make sense again? Fans wey dey really want support their team, na dem go suffer pass.
Despite all these ridiculous prices, dem still dey sell tickets like hot akara! FIFA talk sey up to 500 million requests don come for these tickets. E be like sey people dey ready to break bank just to waka for this World Cup wey dem dey hope say go bring joy. But wetin be dis? We need real fans to enjoy, not those wey wan buy and sell.
FIFA don already colonize the resale market, charging 15% for their service wey no dey help fans. Dem sabi say na fans dey suffer, but dey still dey flex muscle for their own gain. Wetin? The system don turn am to marketplace where only the highest bidders dey win.
Na wetin FIFA talk about this matter? Dem say na global market practice and e no dey easy like that. But for who dey suffer? Na we wey dey pray make tickets affordable. Last-last, FIFA dey try run one final ‘last-minute’ sales phase from April till tournament end, but e still dey first-come, first-served wahala.
Peh-peh, make we see whether e go change anything for fans or if e just go dey same story. World Cup suppose dey for everybody, not just for those wey fit pay outrageous prices. As e be now, na only God go save us.
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