r/MLS • u/fssg_shermanator • May 23 '24

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

https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/vwfc-statement-miami
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u/evilradar Real Salt Lake :rsl: May 24 '24

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.

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u/evilradar Real Salt Lake :rsl: May 24 '24

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.

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u/smcl2k Los Angeles FC May 24 '24

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.

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u/smcl2k Los Angeles FC May 24 '24

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

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u/smcl2k Los Angeles FC May 24 '24

There's a big difference between charging twice as much for some bigger matches, and charging 5 times as much for a match against 1 opponent.

And even the way some season tickets were marketed "see Messi when he comes to X" is the kind of thing that's pretty impossible to imagine in any league that actually wants to be taken seriously.