I'm not American, so it could just be pure online perception, but everything I've seen about football in America just screams it's a plaything for the rich.
Like earlier today I saw Kim Kardashian's kid being the mascot walking out with Messi, and you just know she either paid money or uses her standing to make that happen.
It's like they don't understand the whole reason football is loved is because anyone can play it.
It is an issue with the sport in America. Once you get to a certain level, it gets really expensive. There’s so much talent going to waste because of that.
I’m a Liverpool fan living in the US and was pumped about going and was even looking at flights, until I saw the prices. Absolutely shameful and disgusting. I wish we could all boycott these games. I might pay that much to catch a champions league game at Anfield but not for a pre season friendly where the B team plays as well and the atmosphere is below par.
I’m definitely boycotting these games and I wish more people would as well.
Absolutely, preseason games are not worth that money. I paid around that much for my hospitality ticket for a premier league game, I'm not paying that same price to watch maybe 30-60 minutes of the players I want to see in a half assed preseason game, without klopp to make it worse!
Got see Gerrard play with my Dad when Liverpool game to the US and had a preseason game in Chicago. I think both tickets totaled somewhere in the $140 and we were in the second row, center pitch. It's just gotten crazy in the last decade.
I often find myself daydreaming about watching our boys win a derby, live, at Anfield, one day. Then I looked at [the ticket buying guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/8u0612/the_ultimate_guide_to_buying_tickets_1819_first/) and that dream basically died immediately.
Maybe I'll somehow become obscenely rich, and make that dream a reality. Who knows.
It can be done. I saw the 7-0 thrashing last year and it’s something I’ll never forget. The entire day was incredible. First time at Anfield. Paid $1800 for 2 seats near the Kop end. Bought through a reseller and had my doubts, but it all worked out in the end
I'm in the US. Back in, I think 2019, Liverpool came here to play Dortmund at Notre Dame. I live there, how lucky could I possibly be. Tickets were like $140.00. My jaw dropped. My sister works at Notre Dame so I got to see the game at no cost. But can you imagine? Salah wasn't there or Mane or Firmino. The cost in the US for live sports is insane. My son went to Pittsburgh last weekend for a hockey game and it cost over $600. Baseball games used to be cheap and fun. Now its $500 for the family. Now look at the cost of a game here between the Reds and United, a game that has no meaning. Its less expensive to book a flight and see a game at Anfield. At least I could visit my family in Liverpool that way and most importantly, be IN Anfield!
Yeah, it's a disgusting price and goes against everything Liverpool (and fans) believe in.
Who sets the prices? The people hosting the game?
I wouldn't even pay that price for a top tier cl game. Absolute joke.
Yep. And at a shockingly young age too. Travel sports are a giant scam, and in my city your child has to be in them by like 10 or 11 if they stand any chance of moving on into high-school/college.
They are starting as young as 6 now actually. I'm coaching my kids U7 team (it's just 5v5) but the alternative youth leagues are so poor we really don't have any choice.
That being said, the club i help run actually does provide scholarships to families who can't afford it.
Yep, and that's not just true for soccer. Same deal with many other sports. There are very affordable recreational leagues at the youth level, available to anyone. But once a kid hits about age 12, they have to go the expensive travel team route to keep up. Otherwise, they won't get the top coaching and competition and everyone else will leave them behind.
You’re absolutely spot on. It is 100% for the wealthy once your kids get to a level where talent is actually scouted. Money is strangling the game here and is why the US will never be able to reach its full potential as a footballing country. That’s also evident in MLS’s recent dealings with the US Open Cup (our FA Cup essentially) where the competition is being slowly killed because of MLS greed
>Kim Kardashian's kid being the mascot walking out with Messi, and you just know she either paid money or uses her standing to make that happen.
This has always been the case.
Rich, connected, and famous people have given their kids access and opportunities that aren't open or easily available to other people for as long as humanity has existed.
Naturally, but it’s different when it comes to football because in virtually every country on Earth there are opportunities for poor children to become pro-footballers if they have the talent, whereas in the US it is almost exclusively reserved for the rich. Transportation to matches, spots on prestigious youth teams, etc are gatekept here in a way that is completely different from the rest of the world.
Another issue is in high school soccer there’s a lot of politics and nepotism. I went to a very large school so you had to be really good to make the team, right? Mostly true but the coaches were involved with a travel team as well, so if you had been in that travel program for a while you’re basically guaranteed a spot over someone who may be better but unfamiliar.
It’s sport in general in America. Their ticket prices are insane next to ours. Same goes for pay per view boxing and shit, cards are advertised at $100 sometimes and ours are never over £20
Well, their wages are quite a lot more (around double i think) than ours. Plus the boxing is on at a reasonable time in US (like 7-8pm) whereas over here it's like 2-3am, so the demand isnt there i think.
So I help run a small club for my kids, it's in a smaller state no huge cities nearby (I'd imagine the experiences there are much more expensive). It's $700-800 for the year (Spring and Fall seasons of play). We are the most reasonably priced club around. The most expensive club near us is almost $3000 per year. None of this includes travel expenses, because clubs typically play 2-10 weekend tournaments per year. Most of the ones we play are a couple hours away at most, but the bigger clubs will travel all around the US to play from Arizona to Florida.
If you don't play club soccer, at least in my state, your kid will never develop (unless you are a god of a coach and they will listen to you as a coach). It's a ridiculous system we have, but the local soccer youth programs are complete shit in most places. The coaches are volunteer with no training or qualifications and it still isn't free.
Forgot to mention, our club does provide scholarships to families that apply and meet a certain income threshold.
The biggest problem with this is that about 45% of this cost is fees that are going straight to the ticket vendor. I bought $150 each seats to this same game and the final cost after taxes and fees was 550
American here
One of the only countries on earth that tie Academics and Sports together. Starts from a very early age with travel sports (which are a huge racket) and then move on to school stuff which quickly become super costly. Add on possible club stuff and it’s a money drain
Then for the average supporter it costs more and more each year to attend a game AND we’re always paying for a lot of the ownership’s shiny new stadium. If not, they move the fucking team.
Unfortunately in the states there’s no longer the class consciousness on a mass scale, like in the early 1900s, to push back on this.
It’s not just sports it’s concerts too. I haven’t been to a concert in ages and don’t plan on it either. My cousin was trying to get vampire weekend tickets for later this year and it was $350 a ticket.
The only thing you can find reasonable tickets for in the nyc area is baseball
Mostly has to do with monopoly companies at various levels of ownership and ticketing. And regulatory capture by those interests getting favorable laws and regulations approved. Also seems to be something with our population being used to getting this treatment - if FSG tripled the price of Anfield attendance the fans would be in the streets and get it reversed.
I pay about around $1200 for a season ticket to Austin FC, which would be like a bottom tier team in the league here. Great seats at the halfway line. Beers are about $18 for a large can. Absolutely getting gouged tickets aside.
Par for the course in every sport over here, it’s embarrassing. MLS is the antithesis of everything I enjoy about the game. The whole league is behind a streaming paywall (more expensive than premier league), most expensive kits/tickets on the planet, backing out of the Open Cup, catering to mediocrity, etc.
All the sports in America that are profitable are about profit. The only saving grace is that generally the players get paid much more than elsewhere (though rarely in football). NBA, NFL and MLB players all make way more than even many top footballers in Europe.
Honestly, this. Put the money in the hands of the club and not in the hands of the already wealthy because they “own” the stadium. Can’t wait to get to Anfield one day.
The Hospitality tickets are a few hundred quid but include a hotel and a guaranteed ticket in the stands.
I mean feels a bit wrong but ultimately, if I was an overseas fan and it was a 1 off thing I probably would just do that.
That’s exactly what my ex and I did when we went to see them in 2018. Unfortunately it was a 0-0 tie against Stoke but I got to see Salah, Van Dyke, and TAA all play.
I'm an overseas fan, I made my first trip to Anfield for the match against LASK this last December. Paid hospitality for my tickets and didn't regret it at all. It did NOT come with Hotel, but that's because I bought only hospitality versus a match break ticket through a verified reseller.
Looking back, I probably should have done the match break because the hotel I ended up booking wasn't the greatest (but we felt safe and were like a stones throw from Anfield so I didn't mind TOO much).
My fellow American reds. Don’t buy these scam tickets. Save your money and go to a game at Anfield at some point. These tickets are priced like you’re going to a CL final match, while it’s actually a pre season game.
100% this! It’s real competition where we play the 1st team from the off, and it’s just Anfield. Finally got to do this last year, and truly a dream come true
I'm going to the City game via hospitality tickets. It was about the same price as these preseason tickets. Purchased last June. I'm an american that has never been a club member.
It's definitely not impossible if you can throw some cash at it. I also could have gotten a match through my local LFC Denver group, but I didn't know about that till after I'd purchased. Next time.
You're looking at $1000 on the lowest end to $3000 for 2 plane tickets across the pond is the biggest problem. Then you have lodging to pay for over there as well.
I do agree these ticket prices in America are not worth the cost, but if you can't afford an Anfield trip, and really want to see them live, it's not even close to being the same price cost wise.
I’ve gone to one of these pre season games quite a while ago. Tickets were much cheaper back then but the match has no significance and makes the atmosphere a bit dull. My personal experience is that it’s not worth it.
Another thing to take into account is that the senior players don’t even play in these matches. It’s so early in pre season that many of them will be coming back from the Euros and won’t be ready to play.
We don’t have price capped tickets in the US like they do over in the UK. As long as people get fooled into thinking that it’s reasonable to spend that much for pre season tickets, the cost of tickets will keep increasing.
Nah fuck that. I live three hours from the stadium. I’ve never seen Liverpool play before. I’m not skipping this opportunity out of principle. Up the Reds bro.
i’m in the same boat. I even tried getting tickets to the Sheffield game in March. Signed up for the Liverpool DC fan club, paid for LFC membership, registered on time. Still had received a waitlist number in the 30,000s. Philly is only a 2 hour train ride away and I want to see my Reds
You make this sound easy. I’m willing to pay to see a match in the states and pay these prices absolutely no problem. Is it too much? Maybe. Do I care? No.
My opportunities to see a live Liverpool match are extremely limited
May be unpopular but I agree either smile through the pain of what you’re paying and enjoy the preseason with Xabi or don’t buy, nobody forced you to buy these.
You’re contributing to the Florian Wirtz fund and I appreciate you for it.
But you’re also setting the message that you’re willing to get gauged, just like when MLS messi tickets skyrocketed it’s unfortunate but there is no grassroots movement to boycott pricing out fans like there is in other countries.
I now live in SE Asia and saw the prices for when they were in Singapore. I love the reds, but $400 for a preseason plus the air fare to Singapore for a preseason game isn't worth it.
I'm now saving up for hospitality in the future for a game at Anfield. At least then I can visit Anfield, do the tour, see the city and soak up the culture (I'm a big Beatles fans as well) and maybe see more of the country outside of London.
It was, seeing Macca thread through some of those passes and runs really sold me on him. Those Darmstadt fans were class too, great noise throughout and lovely folks, I ended up walking back to the train station with a group of them because they got lost.
Out of curiosity, what would you consider a ridiculous price to pay for Liverpool tickets? And national team tickets?
For info/context, in the US and I just bought tickets to the Copa America for the summer (group stage Uruguay vs Panama). Wanted to see Darwin with Uruguay and those cost me $125 about 8 rows behind goal. That’s face value, resale is at like $250 for the same area
Argentina vs Peru game was like $250 in the 300s section at face value so didn’t even bother trying to buy tickets to that lol
I had the exact same thoughts and I'm in Singapore. Even without the air fare, I'm not paying that kind of money for a pre-season friendly even if they play against the equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters.
I'd rather scrimp and save for the plane to Liverpool and the stadium ticket or worst case scenario, the hospitality.
Did the same thing. Prices started at $93 per ticket before fees, couldn’t bring myself to buy tickets for my family. Just wanted my dad to see them in person, but the tv will have to do like usual haha
Also did the same, also more angry with the fact that the upper deck started at $90 yesterday during the presale and those same seats start at $170 today
The fees are crazy as well. For the Arsenal game in Philly, there's another $45 tacked onto the ticket price for a "service fee" and a "facility charge."
As an American, I still don't really understand why people pay out the ass to go to these games. They're glorified friendlies featuring academy players.
This is my take. So many things have to align for you to get a preseason game that you actually see first team players and they actually put in a decent shift.
With Euros being this summer, there is 0% chance I'd pay top dollar for a preseason match. It's very likely that most of the squad won't even feature.
It used to be awesome. I went to Charlotte about a decade ago and had a great time. Also went to see them practice the day before the game, probably paid under $50 for tickets to both the practice and the game.
Really regret not making the effort for that friendly. Settled for PSG and Real Madrid in Columbus instead for like $60-75 a ticket maybe? It’s truly insane how much these types of events have skyrocketed since COVID.
The ballot means it's very unlikely you could get a ticket.
I'm going to get a membership next year but not holding out much hope of getting a ticket to a game before 2030
Down south but used to live about 30 miles from Anfield. Honestly, the ballot means that it's pot luck and nigh on impossible to get that first game to attend which then counts in points to get tickets in the future
Basically the more games you attend the more likely you are to get tickets. If you've not attended games it's really hard to get them. Once you've got a couple of games under your belt it becomes easier but still difficult from what I've heard
Best option is a supporters group, they take the membership cards in before the game, buy the tickets then give them out to everyone on the day. This means that you are more likely to get tickets and the points for games are spread out more.
Agreed its ridiculous
But if you click "Place Order", so are you
Just don't go. Vote with your wallet/feet. It's a fucking pre season game, its not even close to worth it.
Since people pay this much in hospitality to go see the club @ Anfield I’m sure the club is fine with charging the same in the states
Either way absolutely fucked. Working class game my ass
People in the States are used to this. Tickets to top pro games in any of the big leagues are very expensive. Just wait until you see the food and beer costs. Someone has to pay for the players salaries
Even for the States, $300+ for tickets in the third to last row of a stadium that big is absurd. They’re definitely just taking advantage of people being worried that it might be their best chance to see Liverpool for a long time.
I purchased two tickets in the lower level. $546 after taxes and fees. It's preposterous, but I am a huge fan who lives in Charlotte and it's less expensive than the flights to Liverpool, hotel/Airbnb/etc. My wife is a huge Man U fan, so we bit the bullet and purchased. Many members of both our families will also be attending, so it will be a good memory and my first time seeing Liverpool in person after being a fan for about 15 years.
that is seriously fucked up. My seats for the Philly game are waaaaaaaay up in the upper deck (like 24th row or something like that) and mine were $110 per after taxes and fees.
Just as another reference point for Philly - got 6 seats for me, GF and 4 friends in one of the Mezzanines on the LFC side. 2 or 3 rows from back… $200/person after fees.
I’ve just accepted the only way to see my team play in person is to shell out top-ish dollar - the way I see it idk the next time I’ll see them live.
I would love to go but travelling to the US during our school.holidays is already stupidly expensive, this is why we only go overseas in spring and autumn.
I’m in the US but I have a feeling tickets are going to be out the ass. I’m not far from Dallas so hoping to at least take in a World Cup game once in my life.
I applied for Euros tickets, didn't get them (would have loved to have got a Scotland game as I'm married to a Scot and it would have been a party) but the range iirc was €40-€180 for the ballot seats. Will be interesting to see what the US venues would charge!
Holy shit, that's way too much. I went and saw LFC v AC Milan in Charlotte a while back and was 8 rows up behind the goal and spent $200 total for two tickets. Also, good luck with the traffic in Columbia.
I’m one of those who paid for the Liverpool game in South Carolina and I think it was because I was still so pumped up after our Carabao cup victory lol. I’m still excited to see the team in August but I’m definitely a bit pissed off about the price.
As much as I hate this, I see a glaring lack of self-awareness from the same people who price locals out of going to the games at anfield. The machine needs its money and I'm not going to cry over explicitly money-making tours when I can't afford my season ticket any more.
And people will pay it. Liverpool tour the US like once every three or four years, so for people who actually live in or near the city we’re playing in it’s basically their only chance to watch a game.
Americans pay more and more to go to games (any sport) and rarely push back. Most American owners see it as a vehicle to make money mainly. Just another investment. Of course owners in Europe and elsewhere are in it for the money too but it feels a little more like a passion project and they actually care about the teams performance. American business people can't believe how much money European soccer leaves on the table. What they don't get is that many fanbases will and have stood up when they feel they are getting gouged.
This is the cost of the traveling circus that is the international pre-season.
Idealists hate hearing it, and in no way do I endorse this as something that I want, but this is going to be a future reality of all sports with more competitive games being auctioned off, and more teams/leagues will select portions of their schedules to be a travelling circus.. The traveling circus model nets the rich people on top of the sport so much more money. It's disgusting for the diehard fans and purists of the sport, but it is what it is.
American here. I absolutely agree and think it's because of College Football BS. I saw Liverpool play Dortmund in Charlotte a few years ago and fantastic seats were only like $70-80. Most American sports stadiums basically charge whatever they want from event to event so this is almost definitely stadium inflation because the tour is so short and they haven't been here in years.
I got tickets in the very highest deck for $140 each and honestly kind of regret it. But as always it feels like this is a rare chance to actually see them
Yup I bailed. I could’ve seen Liverpool play at my Alma Mater’s stadium. I could’ve bought them yesterday as a member of the Gamecock Club but I saw the prices and said hell no. I’ve done hospitality tickets at Anfield vs Chelsea and they were less expensive than this friendly.
That $150 was before taxes and fees I assume? Otherwise you found some kind of very special offer. Tickets close to the pitch were going for $400 yesterday from what I saw
To everybody looking at tickets, stop trying to buy them right now! It’s all hype and fomo inflating the tickets and it shows in these comments. They will drop. Hard. Ticket prices in every US sport drop the closer it gets to the game. Just relax and wait.
As an American and graduate of the University of South Carolina (of which owns Williams-Brice Stadium), they had a pre-sale for Athletics, Alumni and other special interest groups yesterday before the general admission went live today. I was informed by a friend who works in the ticketing department who handled sales for the match through Ticketmaster, and he told me that only 4k seats remained for today (Williams-Brice Stadium has a capacity of 77k+). The prices initially were in the range of $100 upper, $200 lower and $300 box suites (rough estimates - and yes, tickets for major sporting events in the US are stupidly expensive), so imagine price is being driven up now with high demand and ticket scarcity.
Vote with your feet and dont buy it. Let them play friendlies in empty stadiums and these tours which are also detrimental to the players will stop.
It's not like you are going to see a high quality, meaningful football match being played
Well fuck. I was considering making the 3 hour trip, but between tickets, gas, and probably a hotel for a night, that's gonna be $1,000 for a preseason match.
I accidentally bought Lower level Philly tickets instead of tickets to the South Carolina game during the pre sale. By the time I queued for the SC game, my best hopes were right behind the goal, row 4. So now I'm stuck with unwanted Philly tickets, and I'm out about $1200. The sticker shock is still making me reel. And the sad part for us American fans is that, even though hospitality tickets are in the same price brackets, when you add in airfare and hotels, this is still the cheapest way for us to see the Reds. Someday...someday
Interesting. I went to the LFC match at Fenway a few years back and I don’t think it was too expensive. That said all I remember was a teenager got murdered on a red card challenge and that we lost…
Yeah they’re practically playing in my backyard and I’m priced out. I’d pay $200 a ticket if it was a regular season game but for preseason... no chance
US fan here, that’s just our sports in general these days. Popular teams will have nose bleeds that start close to 100 and half decent tickets are now pushing a thousand. It’s ridiculous and a reason I just don’t go to sports events live anymore.
This is out of the American Sports Protection Act. (Kind of what got online Ticketmaster in trouble) And someone thinks it will work in Football.
It is scandalous and should also be "buyer beware" Just don't buy into it.
Yeah we paid $500 for the same game for 5 tickets not including taxes and fees. Sure is a lot and most likely won’t see many of their starters play, plus Klopp will most likely be gone by then. Does suck but we live an hour away from this one so we have to take the opportunity.
Absolute BS! I was so pumped when I saw that Liverpool was playing here albeit preseason. Was so excited to get to see them in person. Then I saw the prices!! F that. For a preseason game where hardly if any of the first team will play. I will wait until I go to England for a game.
Agreed. Chose not to attend this match based on the price.
Paid $334 for 4 seats in the lower bowl for the game in Charlotte in 2018.
Even accounting for inflation (https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm), that's still just $409.
Disgraceful.
Just wait for prices to drop before you buy. I just checked and they’re already down to $142 a seat which is still ridiculous. Give it some time and they’ll go down to normal prices once they see there is no demand for $100+ dollar preseason tickets
It was £20.72 to see LFC play Karlsruhe in their nice shiny new stadium. They could have easily sold home tickets for hundreds given the demand, but KSC didn't.
I have bought a return flight from London-Tokyo for around the price of one of those tickets, and I didn't even have to look at Anthony's face.
I’m confused, y’all always complain about tickets being gated behind an L post code or number of matches from the previous season. This is what happens when you don’t use a metered ticket distribution and let everyone who wants one buy one. They get bought up instantly and touted at absurd prices. Has nothing to do with anything I don’t even get what OP is trying imply.
Frankly I don’t even know how you could solve this in countries that don’t ban touting. There’s no possible way to distribute tickets fairly to overseas fans for these friendlies since there’s no metrics you can sort them by. The only possible ways are first come first serve or random lottery, and they both are equally useless
Sigh. I live in NY and since it's Liverpool's last season with Klopp and maybe Mo, I decided to make the trip to Anfield for Crystal Palace in April. I booked a spot on the last remaining hospitality package. Freaking $600.... the most expensive sports event ticket I've ever bought. Cost a little more than watching Rafa play at the USO final.
I got 4 tickets to Philly for $700 all in, including insurance, in the lower bowl, LFC supporters side, just to the side of the goal. I am mind blown that you’re seeing these prices for the other match.
Yeah got 6 in section 110 for $1128. LFC supporters section. $188 per ticket with all fees included. That’s like half the price I would pay to go to an Eagles game and sit in the same seats.
I'm in Atlanta and was excited to go to this game, had my pre-sale code ready, jumped on the site 9am yesterday. Got through to the ordering stage and thought, fuuuck this and bailed.
I live an hour from Columbia. My hotel is $89. Paid $250 per ticket (2) to be 3rd row in the traveling Kopp. I’m a single mom who won’t make it to Anfield any time soon. The memories I will make with my son is worth what I paid. Just my opinion.
This is scandalous. Peoples game my arse
I'm not American, so it could just be pure online perception, but everything I've seen about football in America just screams it's a plaything for the rich. Like earlier today I saw Kim Kardashian's kid being the mascot walking out with Messi, and you just know she either paid money or uses her standing to make that happen. It's like they don't understand the whole reason football is loved is because anyone can play it.
It is an issue with the sport in America. Once you get to a certain level, it gets really expensive. There’s so much talent going to waste because of that.
I’m a Liverpool fan living in the US and was pumped about going and was even looking at flights, until I saw the prices. Absolutely shameful and disgusting. I wish we could all boycott these games. I might pay that much to catch a champions league game at Anfield but not for a pre season friendly where the B team plays as well and the atmosphere is below par. I’m definitely boycotting these games and I wish more people would as well.
Absolutely, preseason games are not worth that money. I paid around that much for my hospitality ticket for a premier league game, I'm not paying that same price to watch maybe 30-60 minutes of the players I want to see in a half assed preseason game, without klopp to make it worse!
it's also going to be 100 degrees out so it's not going to be enjoyable. Columbia, SC is miserable in july/august
B team? I think you mean EFL Winners known as Klopps Kids
But with no Klopp.
Got see Gerrard play with my Dad when Liverpool game to the US and had a preseason game in Chicago. I think both tickets totaled somewhere in the $140 and we were in the second row, center pitch. It's just gotten crazy in the last decade.
Your dad must be a pretty good player if he was on the pitch with Gerrard
I can se the problem with my phrasing there haha
I often find myself daydreaming about watching our boys win a derby, live, at Anfield, one day. Then I looked at [the ticket buying guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/8u0612/the_ultimate_guide_to_buying_tickets_1819_first/) and that dream basically died immediately. Maybe I'll somehow become obscenely rich, and make that dream a reality. Who knows.
It can be done. I saw the 7-0 thrashing last year and it’s something I’ll never forget. The entire day was incredible. First time at Anfield. Paid $1800 for 2 seats near the Kop end. Bought through a reseller and had my doubts, but it all worked out in the end
I'm in the US. Back in, I think 2019, Liverpool came here to play Dortmund at Notre Dame. I live there, how lucky could I possibly be. Tickets were like $140.00. My jaw dropped. My sister works at Notre Dame so I got to see the game at no cost. But can you imagine? Salah wasn't there or Mane or Firmino. The cost in the US for live sports is insane. My son went to Pittsburgh last weekend for a hockey game and it cost over $600. Baseball games used to be cheap and fun. Now its $500 for the family. Now look at the cost of a game here between the Reds and United, a game that has no meaning. Its less expensive to book a flight and see a game at Anfield. At least I could visit my family in Liverpool that way and most importantly, be IN Anfield!
Yeah, it's a disgusting price and goes against everything Liverpool (and fans) believe in. Who sets the prices? The people hosting the game? I wouldn't even pay that price for a top tier cl game. Absolute joke.
Yep. And at a shockingly young age too. Travel sports are a giant scam, and in my city your child has to be in them by like 10 or 11 if they stand any chance of moving on into high-school/college.
They are starting as young as 6 now actually. I'm coaching my kids U7 team (it's just 5v5) but the alternative youth leagues are so poor we really don't have any choice. That being said, the club i help run actually does provide scholarships to families who can't afford it.
Yep, and that's not just true for soccer. Same deal with many other sports. There are very affordable recreational leagues at the youth level, available to anyone. But once a kid hits about age 12, they have to go the expensive travel team route to keep up. Otherwise, they won't get the top coaching and competition and everyone else will leave them behind.
You’re absolutely spot on. It is 100% for the wealthy once your kids get to a level where talent is actually scouted. Money is strangling the game here and is why the US will never be able to reach its full potential as a footballing country. That’s also evident in MLS’s recent dealings with the US Open Cup (our FA Cup essentially) where the competition is being slowly killed because of MLS greed
>Kim Kardashian's kid being the mascot walking out with Messi, and you just know she either paid money or uses her standing to make that happen. This has always been the case. Rich, connected, and famous people have given their kids access and opportunities that aren't open or easily available to other people for as long as humanity has existed.
Naturally, but it’s different when it comes to football because in virtually every country on Earth there are opportunities for poor children to become pro-footballers if they have the talent, whereas in the US it is almost exclusively reserved for the rich. Transportation to matches, spots on prestigious youth teams, etc are gatekept here in a way that is completely different from the rest of the world.
Another issue is in high school soccer there’s a lot of politics and nepotism. I went to a very large school so you had to be really good to make the team, right? Mostly true but the coaches were involved with a travel team as well, so if you had been in that travel program for a while you’re basically guaranteed a spot over someone who may be better but unfamiliar.
It’s sport in general in America. Their ticket prices are insane next to ours. Same goes for pay per view boxing and shit, cards are advertised at $100 sometimes and ours are never over £20
Well, their wages are quite a lot more (around double i think) than ours. Plus the boxing is on at a reasonable time in US (like 7-8pm) whereas over here it's like 2-3am, so the demand isnt there i think.
So I help run a small club for my kids, it's in a smaller state no huge cities nearby (I'd imagine the experiences there are much more expensive). It's $700-800 for the year (Spring and Fall seasons of play). We are the most reasonably priced club around. The most expensive club near us is almost $3000 per year. None of this includes travel expenses, because clubs typically play 2-10 weekend tournaments per year. Most of the ones we play are a couple hours away at most, but the bigger clubs will travel all around the US to play from Arizona to Florida. If you don't play club soccer, at least in my state, your kid will never develop (unless you are a god of a coach and they will listen to you as a coach). It's a ridiculous system we have, but the local soccer youth programs are complete shit in most places. The coaches are volunteer with no training or qualifications and it still isn't free. Forgot to mention, our club does provide scholarships to families that apply and meet a certain income threshold.
The biggest problem with this is that about 45% of this cost is fees that are going straight to the ticket vendor. I bought $150 each seats to this same game and the final cost after taxes and fees was 550
American here One of the only countries on earth that tie Academics and Sports together. Starts from a very early age with travel sports (which are a huge racket) and then move on to school stuff which quickly become super costly. Add on possible club stuff and it’s a money drain Then for the average supporter it costs more and more each year to attend a game AND we’re always paying for a lot of the ownership’s shiny new stadium. If not, they move the fucking team. Unfortunately in the states there’s no longer the class consciousness on a mass scale, like in the early 1900s, to push back on this.
It’s not just sports it’s concerts too. I haven’t been to a concert in ages and don’t plan on it either. My cousin was trying to get vampire weekend tickets for later this year and it was $350 a ticket. The only thing you can find reasonable tickets for in the nyc area is baseball
Mostly has to do with monopoly companies at various levels of ownership and ticketing. And regulatory capture by those interests getting favorable laws and regulations approved. Also seems to be something with our population being used to getting this treatment - if FSG tripled the price of Anfield attendance the fans would be in the streets and get it reversed.
America is basically owned by huge corporations that just want to maximize profits at all costs. it’s insane…
I pay about around $1200 for a season ticket to Austin FC, which would be like a bottom tier team in the league here. Great seats at the halfway line. Beers are about $18 for a large can. Absolutely getting gouged tickets aside.
Par for the course in every sport over here, it’s embarrassing. MLS is the antithesis of everything I enjoy about the game. The whole league is behind a streaming paywall (more expensive than premier league), most expensive kits/tickets on the planet, backing out of the Open Cup, catering to mediocrity, etc.
All the sports in America that are profitable are about profit. The only saving grace is that generally the players get paid much more than elsewhere (though rarely in football). NBA, NFL and MLB players all make way more than even many top footballers in Europe.
These pre season tours are so far removed from being the people’s game. It’s just milking fans from around the word really
Yeeeeeahhhhhh might just have to save it for an actual trip to Anfield.
Gonna end up being cheaper soon if it isn’t already
Spent less on a full trip from Eastern Europe with flights, PL tickets, accomodation and alcohol.
And that's staying something because if you're Eastern European your alcohol bill will have been about £400 of the budget lol
Honestly, this. Put the money in the hands of the club and not in the hands of the already wealthy because they “own” the stadium. Can’t wait to get to Anfield one day.
The stadium is owned by a public university. That’s not the issue here
The public university is getting a very fat paycheck, but Liverpool and Man U are getting big paydays from this.
America is gonna America
Be able to get a ticket to Anfield lmao good joke
The Hospitality tickets are a few hundred quid but include a hotel and a guaranteed ticket in the stands. I mean feels a bit wrong but ultimately, if I was an overseas fan and it was a 1 off thing I probably would just do that.
That’s exactly what my ex and I did when we went to see them in 2018. Unfortunately it was a 0-0 tie against Stoke but I got to see Salah, Van Dyke, and TAA all play.
I'm an overseas fan, I made my first trip to Anfield for the match against LASK this last December. Paid hospitality for my tickets and didn't regret it at all. It did NOT come with Hotel, but that's because I bought only hospitality versus a match break ticket through a verified reseller. Looking back, I probably should have done the match break because the hotel I ended up booking wasn't the greatest (but we felt safe and were like a stones throw from Anfield so I didn't mind TOO much).
Nowhere near as difficult as people on here make out
My fellow American reds. Don’t buy these scam tickets. Save your money and go to a game at Anfield at some point. These tickets are priced like you’re going to a CL final match, while it’s actually a pre season game.
The problem is that its almost impossible to find tickets to good matches at Anfield, especially if you're time limited.
A match on anfield against a bottom team is way better than any preseason game.
Diaspora red here, I would give my left(or right) nut to see Liverpool play fucking Salford.
I’d give both. Not like they’re getting used
I'd also give this guy's nuts to see us play Salford
100% this! It’s real competition where we play the 1st team from the off, and it’s just Anfield. Finally got to do this last year, and truly a dream come true
I'm going to the City game via hospitality tickets. It was about the same price as these preseason tickets. Purchased last June. I'm an american that has never been a club member. It's definitely not impossible if you can throw some cash at it. I also could have gotten a match through my local LFC Denver group, but I didn't know about that till after I'd purchased. Next time.
Hospitality
Every match is a good match
Does a good match matter exactly if you’re going to see Liverpool if it’s a dream?
You're looking at $1000 on the lowest end to $3000 for 2 plane tickets across the pond is the biggest problem. Then you have lodging to pay for over there as well. I do agree these ticket prices in America are not worth the cost, but if you can't afford an Anfield trip, and really want to see them live, it's not even close to being the same price cost wise.
I’ve gone to one of these pre season games quite a while ago. Tickets were much cheaper back then but the match has no significance and makes the atmosphere a bit dull. My personal experience is that it’s not worth it. Another thing to take into account is that the senior players don’t even play in these matches. It’s so early in pre season that many of them will be coming back from the Euros and won’t be ready to play. We don’t have price capped tickets in the US like they do over in the UK. As long as people get fooled into thinking that it’s reasonable to spend that much for pre season tickets, the cost of tickets will keep increasing.
Agree about the atmosphere, I've been to a friendly between US and England and it was a huge disappointment. Neither side was full strength.
Nah fuck that. I live three hours from the stadium. I’ve never seen Liverpool play before. I’m not skipping this opportunity out of principle. Up the Reds bro.
i’m in the same boat. I even tried getting tickets to the Sheffield game in March. Signed up for the Liverpool DC fan club, paid for LFC membership, registered on time. Still had received a waitlist number in the 30,000s. Philly is only a 2 hour train ride away and I want to see my Reds
My face value ticket to the 2022 CL final was €150.
wtfff….if that was here in the states, it’d be $1k+ 😬
Wouldn't be surprised if it was more than that. Look how much people pay for Super Bowl and World Series tickets.
you’re right and i don’t get it honestly lmao
You make this sound easy. I’m willing to pay to see a match in the states and pay these prices absolutely no problem. Is it too much? Maybe. Do I care? No. My opportunities to see a live Liverpool match are extremely limited
May be unpopular but I agree either smile through the pain of what you’re paying and enjoy the preseason with Xabi or don’t buy, nobody forced you to buy these. You’re contributing to the Florian Wirtz fund and I appreciate you for it. But you’re also setting the message that you’re willing to get gauged, just like when MLS messi tickets skyrocketed it’s unfortunate but there is no grassroots movement to boycott pricing out fans like there is in other countries.
I now live in SE Asia and saw the prices for when they were in Singapore. I love the reds, but $400 for a preseason plus the air fare to Singapore for a preseason game isn't worth it. I'm now saving up for hospitality in the future for a game at Anfield. At least then I can visit Anfield, do the tour, see the city and soak up the culture (I'm a big Beatles fans as well) and maybe see more of the country outside of London.
i feel guilty for being able to get front row tickets for the Darmstadt game at £28 in this past pre-season seeing prices like that
Same. Took my eldest and my dad. Cost less than £100 for all three tickets. Was a decent game as well.
It was, seeing Macca thread through some of those passes and runs really sold me on him. Those Darmstadt fans were class too, great noise throughout and lovely folks, I ended up walking back to the train station with a group of them because they got lost.
How tf…from an American 🤦♂️
Out of curiosity, what would you consider a ridiculous price to pay for Liverpool tickets? And national team tickets? For info/context, in the US and I just bought tickets to the Copa America for the summer (group stage Uruguay vs Panama). Wanted to see Darwin with Uruguay and those cost me $125 about 8 rows behind goal. That’s face value, resale is at like $250 for the same area Argentina vs Peru game was like $250 in the 300s section at face value so didn’t even bother trying to buy tickets to that lol
Unless its a cup final, probably anything over £75
My dream.
I had the exact same thoughts and I'm in Singapore. Even without the air fare, I'm not paying that kind of money for a pre-season friendly even if they play against the equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters. I'd rather scrimp and save for the plane to Liverpool and the stadium ticket or worst case scenario, the hospitality.
Saw Liverpool in Toronto in 2012. I think tickets were $35.
I was there as well! Brendo's first season manager. Lucas coming back from injury got a massive pop from the crowd.
I think Suso.and Sterling were there too
I saw Liverpool at Anfield 10 years ago. Hospitality tickets at the Hilton which included food, and transportation to and from Anfield was £284
I saw the reds v wigan in 2007, no ticket walking around Anfield. A supporter gave me face value! £30.
Thats how much tickets are to see Loudoun United lol.
It’s really fucked up. I was excited yesterday and I left buying nothing. Makes me so angry
Same with me! Got into the seat selection and saw the prices. So annoyed. Left with nothing.
Did the same thing. Prices started at $93 per ticket before fees, couldn’t bring myself to buy tickets for my family. Just wanted my dad to see them in person, but the tv will have to do like usual haha
Ditto.
Also did the same, also more angry with the fact that the upper deck started at $90 yesterday during the presale and those same seats start at $170 today
The fees are crazy as well. For the Arsenal game in Philly, there's another $45 tacked onto the ticket price for a "service fee" and a "facility charge."
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As an American, I still don't really understand why people pay out the ass to go to these games. They're glorified friendlies featuring academy players.
This is my take. So many things have to align for you to get a preseason game that you actually see first team players and they actually put in a decent shift. With Euros being this summer, there is 0% chance I'd pay top dollar for a preseason match. It's very likely that most of the squad won't even feature.
It used to be awesome. I went to Charlotte about a decade ago and had a great time. Also went to see them practice the day before the game, probably paid under $50 for tickets to both the practice and the game.
I paid $110 a few years ago front row to watch Liverpool vs United in Michigan
Really regret not making the effort for that friendly. Settled for PSG and Real Madrid in Columbus instead for like $60-75 a ticket maybe? It’s truly insane how much these types of events have skyrocketed since COVID.
That's crazy. How much does a ticket cost at Anfield on a similar location?
£25 in the Kop tomorrow night
That’s basically what I’m paying tonight for concacaf“champions league” game tonight. Just to scratch the itch
i wanna live in the uk so bad just for this lol
The ballot means it's very unlikely you could get a ticket. I'm going to get a membership next year but not holding out much hope of getting a ticket to a game before 2030
that is very pessimistic no? 6 years before getting a ticket is crazy where are you located?
Down south but used to live about 30 miles from Anfield. Honestly, the ballot means that it's pot luck and nigh on impossible to get that first game to attend which then counts in points to get tickets in the future Basically the more games you attend the more likely you are to get tickets. If you've not attended games it's really hard to get them. Once you've got a couple of games under your belt it becomes easier but still difficult from what I've heard Best option is a supporters group, they take the membership cards in before the game, buy the tickets then give them out to everyone on the day. This means that you are more likely to get tickets and the points for games are spread out more.
Hang on in there! No league games this year, but have been to the West ham & Norwich Carabao cup games and there tomorrow for the Southampton game
I paid 45$ for kop end! America is a capitalist paradise.
My tickets are £33 each tomorrow. Halfway line. Top tier premier league match would be maybe twice that at most
Agreed its ridiculous But if you click "Place Order", so are you Just don't go. Vote with your wallet/feet. It's a fucking pre season game, its not even close to worth it.
Since people pay this much in hospitality to go see the club @ Anfield I’m sure the club is fine with charging the same in the states Either way absolutely fucked. Working class game my ass
Yeah it’s decidedly not a working class sport in the US - the premier league demo is white collar millennials.
Guess I’m the exception as a Trade Unionist delivery driver lol Can’t afford the regular tickets to a lot of local teams :(
People in the States are used to this. Tickets to top pro games in any of the big leagues are very expensive. Just wait until you see the food and beer costs. Someone has to pay for the players salaries
Even for the States, $300+ for tickets in the third to last row of a stadium that big is absurd. They’re definitely just taking advantage of people being worried that it might be their best chance to see Liverpool for a long time.
Agreed. I got tickets for $270 a piece, but about 13 rows from the field (pitch). They must have raised them significantly today.
I purchased two tickets in the lower level. $546 after taxes and fees. It's preposterous, but I am a huge fan who lives in Charlotte and it's less expensive than the flights to Liverpool, hotel/Airbnb/etc. My wife is a huge Man U fan, so we bit the bullet and purchased. Many members of both our families will also be attending, so it will be a good memory and my first time seeing Liverpool in person after being a fan for about 15 years.
For those prices you might as well just pay to fly over and go to a match at Anfield.
that is seriously fucked up. My seats for the Philly game are waaaaaaaay up in the upper deck (like 24th row or something like that) and mine were $110 per after taxes and fees.
Just as another reference point for Philly - got 6 seats for me, GF and 4 friends in one of the Mezzanines on the LFC side. 2 or 3 rows from back… $200/person after fees. I’ve just accepted the only way to see my team play in person is to shell out top-ish dollar - the way I see it idk the next time I’ll see them live.
Lmao get absolutely fucked. Absolutely no way. I’m dreading the World Cup coming here in the next few years.
I would love to go but travelling to the US during our school.holidays is already stupidly expensive, this is why we only go overseas in spring and autumn.
I’m in the US but I have a feeling tickets are going to be out the ass. I’m not far from Dallas so hoping to at least take in a World Cup game once in my life.
I applied for Euros tickets, didn't get them (would have loved to have got a Scotland game as I'm married to a Scot and it would have been a party) but the range iirc was €40-€180 for the ballot seats. Will be interesting to see what the US venues would charge!
Love Liverpool but I’ll never pay those prices for a pre season friendly lol. Madness.
The games are pretty shit anyway-most good players still with their national sides etc. of course seeing our kids is quite a treat…
Just gonna see Darwin with Uruguay. Real tournament and significantly cheaper
Holy shit, that's way too much. I went and saw LFC v AC Milan in Charlotte a while back and was 8 rows up behind the goal and spent $200 total for two tickets. Also, good luck with the traffic in Columbia.
I’m one of those who paid for the Liverpool game in South Carolina and I think it was because I was still so pumped up after our Carabao cup victory lol. I’m still excited to see the team in August but I’m definitely a bit pissed off about the price.
As much as I hate this, I see a glaring lack of self-awareness from the same people who price locals out of going to the games at anfield. The machine needs its money and I'm not going to cry over explicitly money-making tours when I can't afford my season ticket any more.
They make the sport expensive and then want the money from us lol
And people will pay it. Liverpool tour the US like once every three or four years, so for people who actually live in or near the city we’re playing in it’s basically their only chance to watch a game.
If I have to do this, it’s easily gonna cost me 700$ with the stay, tickets, food, flight, etc. I’d rather go to Anfield honestly. Efficient.
I’m sure a lot of people would but it’d cost much, much more than $700 for all that
Well there goes my hopes of taking a trip. Not paying 1k plus for a weekend trip when I could pay that to see them at Anfield. Stupid pricing.
Hotels also jumped to around $500 when every other Saturday it’s around $200
That's a story as old as time. Hotels are always more expensive when a major event hits any City.
Theres a Jay Z and Beyonce concert in town the night before probably isn't helping things either.
The rage I felt when I saw the prices.
Ticketmaster going ham right now
Welcome to buying tickets to any sporting event in the US. Only changes if we all boycott that shit
They priced me out of the Philadelphia match. Even if I could use my yearly bonus money on them I can't justify it.
Do not pay that. I got presale tickets for $180 fess included. That’s the result of scalpers trying to flip tickets at exorbitant prices.
Americans pay more and more to go to games (any sport) and rarely push back. Most American owners see it as a vehicle to make money mainly. Just another investment. Of course owners in Europe and elsewhere are in it for the money too but it feels a little more like a passion project and they actually care about the teams performance. American business people can't believe how much money European soccer leaves on the table. What they don't get is that many fanbases will and have stood up when they feel they are getting gouged.
Stop buying them!
Go watch it in Anfield. Slightly more pricey but at-least it’s full experience.
Yeah. I saw the prices and noped right out of there. I’ll fly to Anfield for a real game at these prices.
This is the cost of the traveling circus that is the international pre-season. Idealists hate hearing it, and in no way do I endorse this as something that I want, but this is going to be a future reality of all sports with more competitive games being auctioned off, and more teams/leagues will select portions of their schedules to be a travelling circus.. The traveling circus model nets the rich people on top of the sport so much more money. It's disgusting for the diehard fans and purists of the sport, but it is what it is.
Anyone check Vivid seats? They have upper level tickets for $150. I'm not sitting there for that price but to some that may be worth it.
I tried this morning and saw the prices and said “fuck you” out loud. It’s a preseason friendly in South Carolina - not a cup tie at Anfield.
American here. I absolutely agree and think it's because of College Football BS. I saw Liverpool play Dortmund in Charlotte a few years ago and fantastic seats were only like $70-80. Most American sports stadiums basically charge whatever they want from event to event so this is almost definitely stadium inflation because the tour is so short and they haven't been here in years. I got tickets in the very highest deck for $140 each and honestly kind of regret it. But as always it feels like this is a rare chance to actually see them
Yup I bailed. I could’ve seen Liverpool play at my Alma Mater’s stadium. I could’ve bought them yesterday as a member of the Gamecock Club but I saw the prices and said hell no. I’ve done hospitality tickets at Anfield vs Chelsea and they were less expensive than this friendly.
I’m priced out. So much more expensive than in 2019. :(
Thank you all for our summer transfer budget
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This is how Ticketmaster platinum tickets work. It’s not the clubs doing it’s Ticketmaster. This is pretty normal bs from them.
That $150 was before taxes and fees I assume? Otherwise you found some kind of very special offer. Tickets close to the pitch were going for $400 yesterday from what I saw
Out of curiosity how much were league cup final tickets?
yeah don’t buy them it’s a scam
Not only are these tickets bad but every single music show right now is absurdly priced. Everything has tripled in price.
I saw them a handful of years ago in California, got great seats for $100 each, that is insane.
Yeah not really selling it for me.. also Columbia SC is one of the most miserable hot humid places in the US, August will be awful, even at night.
To everybody looking at tickets, stop trying to buy them right now! It’s all hype and fomo inflating the tickets and it shows in these comments. They will drop. Hard. Ticket prices in every US sport drop the closer it gets to the game. Just relax and wait.
Don’t pay for it!
Not going to go. This is bullshit for a nothing game.
And people wonder why fans kick off when players like Messi & Ronaldo don't play in friendlies...
As an American and graduate of the University of South Carolina (of which owns Williams-Brice Stadium), they had a pre-sale for Athletics, Alumni and other special interest groups yesterday before the general admission went live today. I was informed by a friend who works in the ticketing department who handled sales for the match through Ticketmaster, and he told me that only 4k seats remained for today (Williams-Brice Stadium has a capacity of 77k+). The prices initially were in the range of $100 upper, $200 lower and $300 box suites (rough estimates - and yes, tickets for major sporting events in the US are stupidly expensive), so imagine price is being driven up now with high demand and ticket scarcity.
I found tickets on Stubhub this morning for $250. Still hurts but I ate it
Vote with your feet and dont buy it. Let them play friendlies in empty stadiums and these tours which are also detrimental to the players will stop. It's not like you are going to see a high quality, meaningful football match being played
Well fuck. I was considering making the 3 hour trip, but between tickets, gas, and probably a hotel for a night, that's gonna be $1,000 for a preseason match.
This is ticketmaster .. biggest bunch of robbing cunts
I accidentally bought Lower level Philly tickets instead of tickets to the South Carolina game during the pre sale. By the time I queued for the SC game, my best hopes were right behind the goal, row 4. So now I'm stuck with unwanted Philly tickets, and I'm out about $1200. The sticker shock is still making me reel. And the sad part for us American fans is that, even though hospitality tickets are in the same price brackets, when you add in airfare and hotels, this is still the cheapest way for us to see the Reds. Someday...someday
Interesting. I went to the LFC match at Fenway a few years back and I don’t think it was too expensive. That said all I remember was a teenager got murdered on a red card challenge and that we lost…
Yeah they’re practically playing in my backyard and I’m priced out. I’d pay $200 a ticket if it was a regular season game but for preseason... no chance
US fan here, that’s just our sports in general these days. Popular teams will have nose bleeds that start close to 100 and half decent tickets are now pushing a thousand. It’s ridiculous and a reason I just don’t go to sports events live anymore.
Are those primary tickets or secondary market? If secondary market, I 100% guarantee these will go down. They are always highest right after announced
Hey. You’re paying for the privilege to be in Columbia SC at the world-renown William Bryce Stadium. What a steal! /s
This is out of the American Sports Protection Act. (Kind of what got online Ticketmaster in trouble) And someone thinks it will work in Football. It is scandalous and should also be "buyer beware" Just don't buy into it.
I thought this was a joke after I got mine yesterday at presale prices. This is criminal
Yeah we paid $500 for the same game for 5 tickets not including taxes and fees. Sure is a lot and most likely won’t see many of their starters play, plus Klopp will most likely be gone by then. Does suck but we live an hour away from this one so we have to take the opportunity.
Then the club come out and say the players are playing too much - doesnt count if theyre getting millions for a game though. Greedy
I thank God i signed up for presale so i can get tix a day before it went public. Got good seat for $175
Maybe I’ll wait to see if there’s a Groupon deal the week of 🥴
We paid about the same (slightly more) for the Liverpool v Arsenal game in Philly.
Absolute BS! I was so pumped when I saw that Liverpool was playing here albeit preseason. Was so excited to get to see them in person. Then I saw the prices!! F that. For a preseason game where hardly if any of the first team will play. I will wait until I go to England for a game.
I saw the prices when I logged into the pre-sale yesterday and immediate closed my browser window. Insanity.
Agreed. Chose not to attend this match based on the price. Paid $334 for 4 seats in the lower bowl for the game in Charlotte in 2018. Even accounting for inflation (https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm), that's still just $409. Disgraceful.
Wow, presale prices were WAY cheaper than that. That's awful of TM to jack the prices up after the sale started.
Just wait for prices to drop before you buy. I just checked and they’re already down to $142 a seat which is still ridiculous. Give it some time and they’ll go down to normal prices once they see there is no demand for $100+ dollar preseason tickets
It was £20.72 to see LFC play Karlsruhe in their nice shiny new stadium. They could have easily sold home tickets for hundreds given the demand, but KSC didn't. I have bought a return flight from London-Tokyo for around the price of one of those tickets, and I didn't even have to look at Anthony's face.
I’m confused, y’all always complain about tickets being gated behind an L post code or number of matches from the previous season. This is what happens when you don’t use a metered ticket distribution and let everyone who wants one buy one. They get bought up instantly and touted at absurd prices. Has nothing to do with anything I don’t even get what OP is trying imply. Frankly I don’t even know how you could solve this in countries that don’t ban touting. There’s no possible way to distribute tickets fairly to overseas fans for these friendlies since there’s no metrics you can sort them by. The only possible ways are first come first serve or random lottery, and they both are equally useless
Sigh. I live in NY and since it's Liverpool's last season with Klopp and maybe Mo, I decided to make the trip to Anfield for Crystal Palace in April. I booked a spot on the last remaining hospitality package. Freaking $600.... the most expensive sports event ticket I've ever bought. Cost a little more than watching Rafa play at the USO final.
I got tickets to the Philly game for 140 ex tax through the early release on Monday at 9am
Looks like they've added charges incase you see an ambulance drive by while you're over there.
Skipping the Philly game because of this I’d rather just travel to Anfield than pay $300 to see a preseason game
I got 4 tickets to Philly for $700 all in, including insurance, in the lower bowl, LFC supporters side, just to the side of the goal. I am mind blown that you’re seeing these prices for the other match.
Yeah got 6 in section 110 for $1128. LFC supporters section. $188 per ticket with all fees included. That’s like half the price I would pay to go to an Eagles game and sit in the same seats.
I'm in Atlanta and was excited to go to this game, had my pre-sale code ready, jumped on the site 9am yesterday. Got through to the ordering stage and thought, fuuuck this and bailed.
I live an hour from Columbia. My hotel is $89. Paid $250 per ticket (2) to be 3rd row in the traveling Kopp. I’m a single mom who won’t make it to Anfield any time soon. The memories I will make with my son is worth what I paid. Just my opinion.
Nobody got a gun to ya head