U.S. secures ticket to World Cup knockout phase with victory over Australia – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. secured a ticket to the knockout phase of the FIFA World Cup Friday with a 2-0 victory over Australia. CBS News correspondent Nicole Valdes reports from Seattle. Source link
Monster TV ratings and high ticket prices as fans take in first weekend of World Cup – CBS News Watch CBS News Soccer fans from far and wide are taking to the streets of major American cities in droves as the World Cup gets underway. Nicole Valdes reports. Source link
“Our entry price, which is $60, is the lowest entry price of any of the American sports in the playoff phases,” Infantino said. But some supporter groups have challenged this position. Football Supporters Europe filed a complaint to the European Commission in March, accusing FIFA of shutting ordinary fans out of the tournament by imposing … Read more
Jo Ling Kent explains what’s driving the rise of ticket prices for events like the World Cup, NBA Finals and summer concerts, and how consumers can save money. Source link
The average cost on the secondary market for a ticket to Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs at Madison Square Garden is over $8,000. That’s up from around $3,000 when they first went on sale on May 27. Joe Enoch, CBS News consumer, business and technology reporter Joe Enoch has … Read more
The World Cup is the unquestioned king of sport, with more viewership and more revenue than any other sporting event on the planet, and it’s not even close. (Sorry, Summer Olympics.) With that comes fascination, scrutiny, and yes, always some sprinkling of controversy. Here are three of the biggest off-the-pitch storylines of this World Cup. … Read more
Making plans to see Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” turned into a quest of its own for some fans on Thursday as a surge of would-be ticket buyers appeared to bog down AMC’s website. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Dozens of people online said they encountered … Read more
British rapper M.I.A. filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit last week against Kid Cudi, accusing him of dropping her from his tour “to generate publicity” for shows that’ve “struggled with ticket sales.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Kid Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi, announced after … Read more
NEW YORK — FIFA is under fresh scrutiny for sky-high World Cup ticket prices and sales tactics that fans say left them with worse deals than they wanted. The attorneys general in New York and New Jersey, which is hosting eight World Cup matches including the final, announced Tuesday that they are investigating whether FIFA’s … Read more
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday that the city will use a lottery system to distribute 1,000 World Cup tickets at $50 apiece to residents of the five boroughs. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. In collaboration with the New York-New Jersey host committee, … Read more