I realize this might be pretty early, but how complicated is it to get World Cup tickets?

FIFA controls all ticket sales and they have a multi-stage lottery system for making tickets available. The first stage is before the draw and allocates either Team Specific or Venue Specific tickets, the stages after that (usually 3 or 4) allocate tickets after the draw is known.

You won't have to worry about it until at the earliest mid-2021, and maybe even as late as early 2022 since the WC dates for this one are very late in 2022.

Will be very interesting to see how full stadiums are in 2022, even in Russia many of the games were not sold out.

WC at non-traditional summer travel time, in a place few people have an interest in going, with little else to do besides go to WC games, with a small population itself. Will be interesting for sure.

I hope it's a success, the concept art, models, and promotion videos so far look amazing.

The biggest challenge at most WCs isn't the tickets, it's finding a decent place to stay. This one should be even tougher because Qatar is so small, I guarantee that after all the teams, FIFA officials and sponsors grab their hotels, there won't be much left for the fans. The decent one's left will be $$$ and the cheaper one's are literally a roll of the dice on what you could get.

If you're even thinking of going, start putting away money. This way you can save up gradually over 3.5 years time and then money won't be the overriding factor of why you don't go.

Basketball and Chain said:

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txam92 said:

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The biggest challenge at most WCs isn't the tickets, it's finding a decent place to stay. This one should be even tougher because Qatar is so small, I guarantee that after all the teams, FIFA officials and sponsors grab their hotels, there won't be much left for the fans. The decent one's left will be $$$ and the cheaper one's are literally a roll of the dice on what you could get.

If you're even thinking of going, start putting away money. This way you can save up gradually over 3.5 years time and then money won't be the overriding factor of why you don't go.

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From what I've read, I think housing is going to be a disaster. In their bid, Qatar promised 100,000 hotel rooms. Fifa requires 60,000. I've seen subsequent articles saying they may end up with as few as 46,000 and hire cruise ships and potentially set up desert tent cities for the remainder of the accommodations.

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Exactly! I can definitely see them thinking tents are a "viable solution". The only thing it looks like they will do right is that every stadium & the airport will have a nearby stop on the brand new Metro they're building.

Juan Solo said:

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I hope it's a success, the concept art, models, and promotion videos so far look amazing.

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Their concept art for building the new stadiums

https://api.vodgc.net/player/v2/embed/playerId/PQYJ7P1510330862/contentId/611595#amp=1

It's crazy that the event will be held in a country this small. I hadn't really put any thought into how small Qatar is. It's about 4400 Sq MI, or roughly half the size of New Jersey. Or 20% smaller than Connecticut. Doha is a city about a quarter the size of Houston. And all of the other cities are clustered pretty close to Doha.

They've whittled it down to now there's only going to be 8 stadiums in use. One of which hasn't been started yet.

Juan Solo said:

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I hope it's a success, the concept art, models, and promotion videos so far look amazing.

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Why would you want to encourage this type of behavior?

I am hoping for an epic disaster - low attendance, mass boycotts by teams, countries, and fans. Low turnout, low TV ratings. Maybe even more publicity on the worker conditions and deaths from the construction of the stadiums, etc.

After all the BS Qatar promised during their bid, it would be appropriately fitting for them.

Lavender Gooms said:

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I am hoping for an epic disaster - low attendance, mass boycotts by teams, countries, and fans. Low turnout, low TV ratings. Maybe even more publicity on the worker conditions and deaths from the construction of the stadiums, etc.

After all the BS Qatar promised during their bid, it would be appropriately fitting for them

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You mean you don't believe they will execute on their commitment to the floating man-made clouds that will shield spectators from the sun as well as the air conditioned seats which will keep us cool?

I want floating super clouds or I'm walking*

*I'm not going anyways

Hate to burst your bubble but if the teams go and play, it will be watched. By billions. And people will attend.

Not saying it's going to be a rousing success but it won't fall flat on its face...or at least not until people arrive but by then it won't matter. Qatar and FIFA will have already pocketed their money and they'll have the fall back of the USA/Canada/Mexico World Cup to ensure that there is no repeat.

Such is the allure of the World Cup globally. People will ***** and complain and protest but they'll almost all turn on a TV to watch or get on a plane to go watch their team in person because it may be the one and only time they are able to do so.

Basketball and Chain said:

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txam92 said:

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The biggest challenge at most WCs isn't the tickets, it's finding a decent place to stay. This one should be even tougher because Qatar is so small, I guarantee that after all the teams, FIFA officials and sponsors grab their hotels, there won't be much left for the fans. The decent one's left will be $$$ and the cheaper one's are literally a roll of the dice on what you could get.

If you're even thinking of going, start putting away money. This way you can save up gradually over 3.5 years time and then money won't be the overriding factor of why you don't go.

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From what I've read, I think housing is going to be a disaster. In their bid, Qatar promised 100,000 hotel rooms. Fifa requires 60,000. I've seen subsequent articles saying they may end up with as few as 46,000 and hire cruise ships and potentially set up desert tent cities for the remainder of the accommodations.

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I don't know why exactly, but that actually sounds like a blast!

Oh I know there's no chance of it failing miserably. You're absolutely right about fans moaning about it until it actually happens and then everyone will turn on the TV to watch (I probably will too!). One can only hope though, right?!?!