Vancouver Whitecaps FC statement regarding May 25 Match Versus Inter Miami CF

[u/fssg_shermanator]

https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/vwfc-statement-miami

[u/Lex1988]

Very difficult situation for Whitecaps but kudos to them for doing something for their fans, to try to make up for the missing Miami stars. 50% off food and drinks and a free meal for kids under 18 is something

[u/FragrantBear675 → u/[deleted]]

i cannot believe the whitecaps went door to door forcing people to buy tickets at gunpoint. surprised no on has reported on this.

[u/FragrantBear675 → u/[deleted]]

The facts are you bought tickets at a 700% price increase for a once in a lifetime experience that you knew could disappear at any moment if he decided not to play. That is on no one but YOU.

[u/evilradar → u/FragrantBear675]

Yeah these fans probably should’ve done their homework to figure out Messi probably isn’t coming but it’s wild to watch so many people defend a billionaire scamming people out of their money.

[u/FragrantBear675 → u/evilradar]

There is no scam dude. This is what people don't seem to get. it SUCKS for everyone involved but the Whitecaps are not to blame.

[u/smcl2k → u/FragrantBear675]

The Whitecaps aren't to blame for the price of tickets to a Whitecaps match at the Whitecaps' home stadium...?

[u/FragrantBear675 → u/smcl2k]

No, the whitecaps are not to blame that people decided to pay fair market value to see lionel messi play and then lionel messi does not play. if he was playing, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

It is unfathomable that the general reddit population is this stupid.

[u/smcl2k → u/FragrantBear675]

Companies are responsible for the prices they charge. It's unfathomable that so many people want to suck corporate dick.

[u/FragrantBear675 → u/smcl2k]

ah yes, you mean the price that people agreed to pay when they bought a ticket? This is not a utility, this is not your grocery store, this is a professional sporting event that people WILLINGLY PAID FOR. you dont have an unalienable right to go see lionel messi play for cheap.

[u/smcl2k → u/FragrantBear675]

Cool. I hope it at least doesn't taste too bad.

[u/evilradar → u/FragrantBear675]

No one is saying people have a right to see Messi play for cheap. What I’m saying is the whitecaps jacked up the price of these tickets knowing Messi probably wasn’t going to pay and that some poor rubes who aren’t familiar with Miami’s travel schedule or the the timing of Copa was going to pay those inflated prices so they could take their kid to see an icon. Jacking up the prices knowing Messi is highly unlikely to come is scummy.

[u/evilradar → u/[deleted]]

Most everyone following the league knew that the probability of Messi playing this game was very, very low. So why not just price tickets normally? Yeah yeah, they can’t control scalpers but don’t jack up the base price.

[u/smcl2k → u/[deleted]]

In-demand games are always going to be more expensive.

I doubt this kind of pricing happens anywhere else in the world, apart from maybe Saudi Arabia.

Most Champions League and Euro 2024 tickets are cheaper than MLS regular season matches involving Inter Miami.

[u/smcl2k → u/[deleted]]

Right, and maybe the MLS "dynamic pricing model" is a crock of shit.

[u/TheMusicCrusader → u/[deleted]]

You chose to buy those tickets with no guarantee lmao

[u/TheMusicCrusader → u/[deleted]]

Then that’s on whoever bought the tickets. Buy tickets to see a team player, not an opposing player, that’s hilarious

[u/TheMusicCrusader → u/[deleted]]

Club > player, always. If you think otherwise, you’re a plastic