Ticket prices for Thursday’s round-of-32 World Cup game in Vancouver have plummeted because it became clear Canada wouldn’t be playing there — nevertheless it’s a complete different ball game in Toronto.
Fans there’ll get to see two highly rated teams, as superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portugal squad tackle Croatia on Thursday, and costs are around 4 times higher than at BC Place.
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Canada’s defeat by Switzerland last Wednesday dashed the probabilities of Vancouver hosting the house team within the knockout rounds and as a substitute it should see the Swiss tackle Algeria.
The TicketData website that tracks prices says the most affordable tickets for BC Place within the round of 32 plunged from around $2,100 on Wednesday to about $700 on Monday.
The bottom Portugal-Croatia entry price was around $2,550.
FIFA’s official resale marketplace on Monday showed Croatia-Portugal because the only round-of-32 match with none tickets available, while quite a few tickets for the match in Vancouver were up for grabs, starting at $575.
As for Canada’s round-of-16 match in Houston on Saturday, tickets might be had for as little as $1,200 in keeping with TicketData, or about $1,030 on FIFA’s marketplace.
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