I looked online two seats were about 1,000 range in Vancouver. I don't know what game or how early. Sports has always been about moolah and normal people were priced out of major stadiums long ago, re: baseball in the US for example. Blue Jays vs Boston this week, over $400 US for two seats to over $200 for two seats. Plus the exaggerated cost of drinks and food.

Eh, I wouldn't say it's bringing tensions to the surface.

FIFA being a rich-person focused event isn't a new concept -- similar to most big international events, it gobbles public funds, and doesn't really benefit regular locals. I only know one local person who is, unenthusiastically, going to one of the FIFA games, in the nose bleeds. Even nosebleed seats were going for like $1500.

The structure of the current games, being split across 16 cities, makes it even more clear who the games are for -- people rich enough to fly from city to city to follow their country. Vancouver's seen, for example, luxury cars get delivered for some oil-country oligarch sorts, so that they can drive in luxury for the week they're in town. So the target audience for FIFA is generally the "Fly my cars to the next venue" crowd. FIFA was never that interested in trying to target the local population in 16 different venues, but rather the 1 demographic that has absurd levels of wealth. If people like Elon are the only ones with Money, then events are all designed to appeal to people like Elon.

But there's no mass protests. No potential violence simmering towards it. No tension / anger simmering just beneath the surface sorta thing. If anything, it's an ultra-wealthy victory-lap on the middle-class -- they're able to convince 3 countries, 16 cities, to spend huge amounts on their private party, while minimizing the public backlash by spreading it out.