At the “New York New Jersey” venue in East Rutherford, N.J., parking cost $225 and is almost a mile away. But the biggest price tag that you will find is in Los Angeles, where parking for the match between the U.S. and Paraguay can be found for $300 and is located 2.7 km away. How tickets still available and are they expensive? The marked-up prices for parking comes after soccer fans already have been upset with the cost of tickets for World Cup games. As
of Friday morning, several hundred tickets remained for Canada’s opening match. Prices haven’t dropped on FIFA’s official ticket sales portal, either. Category 1 tickets remain priced at $3,135 each, with many full rows of seats available in sections. Category 2 seats cost $2,300 and the Category 3 “cheap seats” are listed at $1,370. Should I just take public transit to Toronto games? Fans looking to avoid the extra headaches of traffic and parking on matchday got some good news earlier this month. Metrolinx says it
will increase GO Transit train service on the Lakeshore West line during FIFA World Cup matches as a surge of riders is expected to attend the soccer tournament.
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$300 parking is wild.
I swear FIFA just keeps making everything more expensive and then acts surprised people are mad. Parking shouldn’t cost more than my whole week’s gas. Also $3,135 tickets?? Like what even.
If you’re going to Toronto just take public transit right? But why would they increase GO Transit… isn’t that already maxed out for everything? I saw “Lakeshore West line” and assumed it’s the same trains that go to Philly or something. Either way I’m not paying $225 for parking that’s almost a mile away lol.
Honestly I think the whole parking thing is a scam. Like they’re charging $300 in Los Angeles but then saying it’s only 2.7 km away—okay but that’s still like a whole walk, with security and stuff, plus you can’t even park anywhere else. And the ticket prices not dropping makes it feel rigged. I would rather watch on TV if Canada still has “several hundred” tickets left… that seems like a lot but also not, idk.