There were swathes of empty seats at the Akron Stadium that were particularly concentrated towards the pitchside VIP section at the centre of the east stand, but patches of red seats could be seen throughout — leaving what looked like thousands of empty seats in total.
Tickets in the lower tier cost $500, with those on the sidelines at the top of the stadium’s bowl priced at $400. A large number of empty seats appeared to be in hospitality, costing over $5000 if purchased by supporters, rather than given away by corporate sponsors.
This game was the first true test of the World Cup’s pricing plan — Mexico’s home opener at the Azteca was always going to sell out.
South Korea vs Czech Republic, by contrast, took place between the 25th and 37th ranked sides in the world in one of the tournament’s poorest host cities.
@jwhitey98 on the large number of empty seats at the World Cup's second game — free to read ⬇️
