It will come as no surprise to some of you that a ticket for a preseason tour in America is expensive. However, When Liverpool last visited America, tickets at Baltimore's M and T bank stadium could be had for as little as 30 quid(at current exchange rates), not too bad. This time however, prices are out of control. I myself am a member of a Baltimore Supporter's union, and for Liverpool's match with Man City we were quoted a price of 110 dollars a ticket, about 65 pound. Now admittedly this is in New York at Yankee Stadium, the worlds biggest rip off, so I sighed and sent the money. Only to be informed that the tournament organizers forgot to include shipping handling and fees, so the price is actually another 10 pound.
For a Wednesday Night game, In a meaningless competition. 75 pound.
Now the argument can be made here that this is fair market value, that the "commemorative scarfs" they're handing out will have some sort of value. I'm not even mad about that. I'm mad about the goalposts moving. On an already overpriced ticket that 1000s of Ex-Pats and American Supporters are quite willing to pay, they're shoving another 10 quid on after we all got the money together. We were given the opportunity to pre buy tickets as supporters unions which I'm grateful for, but changing the price on us due to their fuck up really ticks me off.
Not to mention that New York has a dedicated football stadium and an american football stadium with a 100,000 capacity they could have used instead of a damn baseball stadium.
End of Vent.