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FIFA sued for ‘deceptive’ World Cup ticket sales as fat cats and well-connected hoard VIP seats

From nypost.com

FIFA allegedly gave regular fans the idea they had a chance to sit by the pitch when they shelled out for premium World Cup tickets — but soccer’s global governing body secretly locked them out of the running, instead allocating all the best seats to corporate bigwigs and VIPs, according to a bombshell lawsuit reviewed by The Post. The suit, filed as a class action earlier this month in Washington, DC, against FIFA’s US subsidiary, accuses the organizers of “deceptive trade practices” over its coveted “Category 1” tickets for this summer’s World Cup. According to the complaint filed on July 2, FIFA gave fans the ... (full story)

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