More than half of seats available for the final match to be more expensive thant the previous year despite no inflation in Europe
by Emanuele Bonini
Despite the very low inflation rates in Europe, ticket prices for the UEFA Champions League final rose more than 10%. It can appears weird, especially looking at the latest figures, but it is not. In times of business there is no other rule but business. So, who care about football? Just those who can make money with it. The idea of sport was over when for the first time sponsors appeared on jerseys, and then that new idea finally prevailed making soccer nothing than an expression of capitalism. The richest ones win, the poorest ones go home. So Champions league became a competition only for few teams, although it was decided to go beyond the idea of Champions League to honour business. Having a competitions called Champions League with no champions doesn't make sense, but it makes money, a lot of money. At the end Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich are the football teams always seriously accredited to be the final winners of the cup, of course because they have money to but all the best players on the market. Forget Nottingham Forest, don't imagine Aston Villa succeed again, unless Arabians start invest their petrodollars there. Of course, with the idea of a soccer not for fun, with the idea of a soccer not for all it is not a new having a very expensive ticket for the Champions League final scheduled the 28th of May. The most affordable ticket will cost 70€ per person, but here there are no changes compared to the previous year. The real difference is for the 56% of total tickets available and reserved for the highest category of price. Seats reservable at 280€ per person in 2015 will cost this year 320 € (+14,2%), while tickets sold last year at 390€ will cost this season 440€ (+12,22%). In any case prices are not affordable for everybody, but business is for those can make business. And soccer is business. Far from business, where soccer is still a popular sport in the sense of the term «popular», getting a ticket for a match can be very very cheap, only 1€ and even less. We talk about the Russian Football Premier League, a national competition providing local teams to the European Champions League.
Despite the very low inflation rates in Europe, ticket prices for the UEFA Champions League final rose more than 10%. It can appears weird, especially looking at the latest figures, but it is not. In times of business there is no other rule but business. So, who care about football? Just those who can make money with it. The idea of sport was over when for the first time sponsors appeared on jerseys, and then that new idea finally prevailed making soccer nothing than an expression of capitalism. The richest ones win, the poorest ones go home. So Champions league became a competition only for few teams, although it was decided to go beyond the idea of Champions League to honour business. Having a competitions called Champions League with no champions doesn't make sense, but it makes money, a lot of money. At the end Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich are the football teams always seriously accredited to be the final winners of the cup, of course because they have money to but all the best players on the market. Forget Nottingham Forest, don't imagine Aston Villa succeed again, unless Arabians start invest their petrodollars there. Of course, with the idea of a soccer not for fun, with the idea of a soccer not for all it is not a new having a very expensive ticket for the Champions League final scheduled the 28th of May. The most affordable ticket will cost 70€ per person, but here there are no changes compared to the previous year. The real difference is for the 56% of total tickets available and reserved for the highest category of price. Seats reservable at 280€ per person in 2015 will cost this year 320 € (+14,2%), while tickets sold last year at 390€ will cost this season 440€ (+12,22%). In any case prices are not affordable for everybody, but business is for those can make business. And soccer is business. Far from business, where soccer is still a popular sport in the sense of the term «popular», getting a ticket for a match can be very very cheap, only 1€ and even less. We talk about the Russian Football Premier League, a national competition providing local teams to the European Champions League.
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