FIFA on Friday blamed the empty seats during the World Cup match between South Korea and the Czech Republic in Guadalajara on fans who watched from the concourses.
There were many visible empty spots at the 45,664-capacity Guadalajara Stadium, with sections in the middle of the stands showing many unoccupied spaces and with other empty seats scattered around the venue. The announced attendance was 44,985 — including FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
“Official attendance figures reflect the number of tickets scanned and spectators present within the stadium footprint, rather than visual assessments of seating occupancy at any given moment during the match,” FIFA said, adding that it works closely with stadium authorities and ticketing teams to ensure all published figures are based on verified operational data.
“Please note that, during last night’s match in Guadalajara, several ticketed fans could be seen standing in concourses rather than staying in their assigned seats throughout the match,” the governing body of world soccer said.
Sure… because after spending $365 a ticket and another $85 in online “convenience fees”, I want to go stand around in the concourse for areas of watching the game.
Cheapest tickets in the nosebleeds I saw for the US game were 1100 dollars pre fees.
Absolutely insane for a 90 minute soccer match. That’s about as much as I spent on festival tickets for this year, and I’m going to 7 festivals this year…
Man I was so disappointed. I wanted to just see A group stage game. The cheapest one was like 600 bucks to go. Like… that’s for nosebleed seats.
It’s bullshit that literally every fucking event is solely catered to the fucking rich now.