Fans heading to the World Cup in the U.S. are facing a new source of sticker shock: mass transit. In New Jersey and Massachusetts, some train fares tied to matches will cost fans far more than normal NFL gameday trips.
I can’t speak for other countries, but at the world cup in Germany, your ticket to the stadium was your ticket for public transit, and it was all inclusive.
The airports can be far away from the city center. I recently paid 10 euros to get to the airport by bus but it was 1h drive. Where I live it’s more like 15 minutes and it’s about 2 euros.
It’s a lack of joined up thinking is what it is. Surely the US want as many people as possible at the tournaments (or at least city officials do, it’s anyone’s guess what the admin think is going on), the amount of money tourists pay to stay in a hotel will far exceed the amount of money they pay on these over inflated public transit tickets. So make public transit affordable, so they actually come to the event, stay in the hotel, and spend money in the local economy.
Or you can try and price gouge them on a bus ticket and they won’t come. Now you’ve made no money at all, well done.
The US’s problem isn’t that it’s a hyper capitalist country, it’s a hyper capitalist country run by MBA business study incompetents who only care about chasing short term profits at the expense of long-term profits.
I can’t speak for other countries, but at the world cup in Germany, your ticket to the stadium was your ticket for public transit, and it was all inclusive.
*Laughs in American
You just tell us if you need a socialized hug, okay?
Laughs in $22 train ticket from Sydney Airport to Central Station.
Remember to protect your social services from the neoliberal plague or this could be you.
The airports can be far away from the city center. I recently paid 10 euros to get to the airport by bus but it was 1h drive. Where I live it’s more like 15 minutes and it’s about 2 euros.
About 40 years too late for that advice. 😒
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It’s a lack of joined up thinking is what it is. Surely the US want as many people as possible at the tournaments (or at least city officials do, it’s anyone’s guess what the admin think is going on), the amount of money tourists pay to stay in a hotel will far exceed the amount of money they pay on these over inflated public transit tickets. So make public transit affordable, so they actually come to the event, stay in the hotel, and spend money in the local economy.
Or you can try and price gouge them on a bus ticket and they won’t come. Now you’ve made no money at all, well done.
The US’s problem isn’t that it’s a hyper capitalist country, it’s a hyper capitalist country run by MBA business study incompetents who only care about chasing short term profits at the expense of long-term profits.
They often do that for large conventions in Germany in general. At least at a city level.
I think it was the same in Russia, it included the visa and public transit, or maybe you could buy a package that included all? 🤔
I think Russia even included long distance public transport, that wasn’t included in Germany if I remember correctly.
Yes you are right, I just asked my friend who attended
You displayed a fifa credential on a lanyard and you could ride long distance trains between host cities and local public transit for free
I dislike FIFA and Russia, but this is how it should be done.
Didn’t it also include special accommodations for homosexuals?
Yes, the US thought of this as a great idea and made the same for everyone with a slightly foreign appearance.