Tom Bogert
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And the tailgating stuff, what can fans expect?
I don't know.
They keep changing it every week, right?
Like, and I don't trust FIFA.
It's what they want is to control just about every aspect that they can.
And in control, I mean monetize, right?
They were supposed to have fan zones and you were supposed to like just outside of the stadium, away from the stadiums to just watch games.
They tried to charge tickets to enter and then stick like the cities with the bills for security.
And while that didn't make much sense, I believe New York, New Jersey have canceled some.
Boston has fought back.
The New Jersey governor is feuding with FIFA, saying that like they were stuck with like a 50 million dollar bill for train tickets and secure and like security for those train travelers.
So a one way ticket from New York Penn Station to MetLife, which, by the way, as a New Jersey and somebody who uses transit, I can promise you that's not going to go smoothly.
Nothing ever goes smoothly on transit.
That ticket is normally 13 dollars.
It's going to be like one hundred and twenty five.
And the governor of New Jersey is like, it's either that or the taxpayers have to pay for it because FIFA is giving us no money why they make $11 billion.
So when it comes to tailgating, again, as somebody who grew up going to games that met life in the old Giant Stadium, there is nothing around that stadium.
If there is no tailgating, you just go into the stadium, I guess.
And I guess that's where FIFA can make more money.
So I don't know.