Inside the scramble for World Cup Final tickets that even A-listers struggle to get

A-list entertainment types at Wimbledon were already anxious about getting tickets to the World Cup Final in NYC this weekend. “Nobody can get them,” said a stressed source regarding the soccer tickets.
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A-list entertainment types at Wimbledon were already anxious about getting tickets to the World Cup Final in NYC this weekend. “Nobody can get them,” said a stressed source regarding the soccer tickets. “That’s how impossible it is.” Said a sports and entertainment insider: “New York is bracing for one of its most crowded celebrity and sports weekends in years as the World Cup Final collides with the ESPYs, [Michael Rubin’s] Fanatics Fest and a packed calendar of private brand events.” But tickets to the Cup on Sunday at MetLife Stadium (sorry, “New York/New Jersey Stadium”) “have become one of the toughest gets in town, while hotels, restaurants and private clubs are being overwhelmed by athletes, entertainers, executives and sponsors arriving for the week.” One veteran sports event marketer David Spencer says sports events like the World Cup are now rivaling other entertainment gatherings on the calendar. “Artists want to perform, brands want to entertain their top clients, and executives and celebrities want to be in the same rooms,” he says of the sports boom.
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Inside the scramble for World Cup Final tickets that even A-listers struggle to get
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