The free FIFA Fan Festival tickets sold out within hours
Some of us will have to watch World Cup games from a dive bar, as God intended
The FIFA Fan Festival tickets reserved for free general admission sold out fast after going on sale this morning.
There had been some discussion regarding the pricing of Fan Festival tickets. They were originally promised to be free, and then a staff report put before the city’s executive committee recommended charging admission, a suggestion that was intended to keep city expenses within budget.
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Following objections throughout city council, the majority of tickets were made available at no cost, while some premium tickets were held for prices between $100 and $300.
The free tickets for all dates sold out around noon today.
Around 20,000 people are expected to attend the event, which will run from June 11 to July 19 at Fort York and The Bentway.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
