Mexican fans are finding ways to celebrate their team’s World Cup wins, despite being priced out of stadium tickets. In Mexico City, fans are gathering in front of TVs set up in plazas, under highway underpasses, and in taco stands to watch the games.
Street Parties Replace Stadium Seats
The high cost of World Cup tickets has led to widespread criticism, with many Mexicans feeling that the tournament is not accessible to them. As a result, fans are taking matters into their own hands, staging their own celebrations on the streets.
For fans like Guillermo Ramírez, the solution was to set up a TV screen and speakers in front of his house and small corner shop. Ramírez, 49, is a native of Tepito, a working-class Mexico City neighborhood that is home to sprawling street markets packed with pirated World Cup jerseys.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has also criticized the high cost of World Cup tickets, encouraging fans to gather in free public watch parties set up by local governments and FIFA in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey.
Original reporting: KTSA News/Talk (San Antonio) — read the source article.
