Ticket prices for Thursday’s between Portugal and Croatia is now selling as much as $30,000 (N30 million) and anyone wishing to watch the match without such amount may as well kiss goodbye to watch the match live
Fans there will get to see two highly rated teams, as superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portugal squad take on Croatia on Thursday, and prices are around four times higher than at BC place
FIFA’s official resale marketplace on Monday showed Croatia-Portugal as the only round-of-32 match without any tickets available, while numerous tickets for the match in Vancouver were up for grabs, starting at $575.
Some of the reasons for the high cost of match tickets is that Toronto has a large population of Portugal and Croatia citizens who will like to watch their fellow country men slug it out on the field of play.
Another reason for the extra ordinary cost of ticket is the possibility of seeing Chritano Ronaldo playing his last World cup match if Portugal loses the match. The same thing is applicable to Croatia as their star player Luka Modric may kiss goodbye to World Cup if they lose the match
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