{"id":504006,"date":"2026-05-29T16:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=504006"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:26:11","slug":"soccer-mad-mexico-turned-off-by-world-cup-money-grabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=504006","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Mad Mexico Turned Off by World Cup \u2018Money-Grabbing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1tr884u\/soccer_mad_mexico_turned_off_by_world_cup\/\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/external-preview.redd.it\/RtniqxYZe2RA9vjxQhzZbznqyxaJvC7D4icgZKp8Wzs.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=5faa02ddda96da9f8d5ea31f74d8f23ec5809549\" alt=\"Soccer Mad Mexico Turned Off by World Cup \u2018Money-Grabbing\u2019\" title=\"Soccer Mad Mexico Turned Off by World Cup \u2018Money-Grabbing\u2019\" \/> <\/a> <\/td>\n<td> <!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>Mexico is still deeply passionate about soccer, but extravagant ticket prices have shined a spotlight on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-03-27\/how-world-cup-stands-to-make-gentrification-worse-in-mexico-city\">income inequality and affordability issues<\/a>, leaving some fans indifferent. Locals have also been turned off by a lackluster Mexican national team and the country being billed as a co-host but having a relatively small role with only about 13% of the World Cup\u2019s 104 matches held there.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/dabirds1994\"> \/u\/dabirds1994 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-05-29\/world-cup-starts-june-11-in-mexico-city-high-ticket-prices-turning-off-fans?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MDA3MzkyMiwiZXhwIjoxNzgwNjc4NzIyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURlQyNzdLSVVQU08wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI1OTFDMkExNEFGMDQ0RUZCODlCNEEwNUM5QkUwQjczRSJ9.ELwWr3WBdxaCBz4rYuw0XRZ90KTx_ylviizAi32VaVQ\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1tr884u\/soccer_mad_mexico_turned_off_by_world_cup\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mexico is still deeply passionate about soccer, but extravagant ticket prices have shined a spotlight on income inequality and affordability issues, leaving some fans indifferent. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=504006\" title=\"Soccer Mad Mexico Turned Off by World Cup \u2018Money-Grabbing\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":504008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=504006"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504009,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504006\/revisions\/504009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/504008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=504006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=504006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=504006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}