Why are football World Cup tickets so expensive?

About this episode

The episode discusses the high prices of football World Cup tickets and the availability of unsold tickets on resale sites.

Despite assurances that the men's football World Cup would sell out, thousands of tickets are still available on resale sites, at hugely inflated prices. Writer: Poppy Bullard Producer: Poppy Bullard Host: Ada Barume Episode photography: Joe Mee Executive Producer: Matt Russell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ada Barume

Topics covered

• football
• World Cup
• ticket prices
• resale market
• sports economics

Keywords

• football World Cup
• ticket prices
• resale tickets
• inflated prices
• sports news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Observer, Acast

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