Soccer ticket costs inflate for Messi
Inter Miami is coming to Montreal for a match against CF Montreal on May 11. This would hardly be news except that the Miami team now features Lionel Messi. Fans are upset that ticket prices have been absurdly inflated to meet the increased interest and demand.
Imagine if Messi got injured meantime and you spent $750 to see an ordinary soccer match. I don’t wish any harm on Messi, but that would be satisfactory.
Rick 11:19 on 2024-02-22 Permalink
What’s with the negative vibes? Some people find joy in watching soccer even overpaying for it. Stop judging others, in the long run you’ll feel better inside.
Kate 11:54 on 2024-02-22 Permalink
Thank you for your kind advice.
Blork 12:03 on 2024-02-22 Permalink
Are there enough of those “find joy” people to fill the stadium? What about all the people who like to watch soccer but are also having trouble making ends meet (which is an awful lot of people these days)? I guess all those working class families (once the core audience for soccer) can go f*ck themselves since they can’t come up with $2000 to take the whole family to see a single game.
I wouldn’t see anything wrong with this extreme pricing if the tickets for that game were priced as:
Just want to watch this soccer game: $30
Want to find joy in watching this soccer game: $750
DeWolf 12:21 on 2024-02-22 Permalink
The Hong Kong government recently paid for Inter Miami to visit for a friendly match against the local exhibition league. Prices were of course massively inflated, but Messi was injured and sat on the bench the whole time. Actual soccer fans knew what was up, and probably hadn’t even bothered to attend the match anyway. But all the bandwagoners who were there simply to see a celebrity were outraged.
Then the government amplified their outrage by having their lackeys complain that Messi had gravely insulted Hong Kong/China and he should never set foot in the city again. Of course, it was all a distraction from some impending national security legislation…
https://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/10/hong-kongs-messi-mess-fun-but-a-distraction-from-more-important-matters/
thomas 12:52 on 2024-02-22 Permalink
So now I’m imagining a scenario where a Messi injury and subsequently not playing leads to accusations of “Quebec bashing” from JdeM.
Ian 12:51 on 2024-02-23 Permalink
Finding joy in overpaying is a very specific humiliation kink, but far be it from me to kink-shame.
dhomas 13:17 on 2024-02-23 Permalink
My son loves Messi. I would love to bring him to see a match where he plays. But we are a family of 5, so tickets for the whole family would cost 2250$. Sorry, my boy…