'Worth every penny': This is how much fans spent to attend the World Cup in L.A. - BERITAJA

“Do you person an other ticket?” a man shouted extracurricular SoFi Stadium past Thursday.

The World Cup has been drafting fans from about the globe. But for many, getting a spot successful the stadium has travel astatine a steep price.

Some were fortunate capable to nab $400 to $500 tickets done charismatic World Cup lotteries, others paid thousands of dollars to drawback the action IRL. Tickets for the upcoming USA versus Turkey lucifer were trading for much than $1,400 connected resale sites.

The request has been truthful precocious that authorities person been informing fans about really to avoid summons scams.

As crowds flocked into the stadium, we asked attendees about really overmuch they paid to get into the most-watched sporting arena successful the world. Here’s what they shared.

Their responses person been lightly edited for magnitude and clarity.

Luis Moreno, Luis Moreno Jr., Angelica Castellano, Diana Moreno and Ramon Aguilera of Orange County

Luis Moreno, Luis Moreno Jr., Angelica Castellanos, Diana Moreno and Ramon Aguilera athletics Mexico gear.

How overmuch did you salary for your tickets?

Diana: We don’t want to opportunity because I don’t want our parents to know.

*Whispers* We paid retail. It was for illustration $500 per ticket. For Father’s Day, we wanted to make judge he sewage to bask it.

Why did you want to be the World Cup?

Castellano: We went successful ‘86 successful Mexico, ‘94 successful Pasadena and now here. We’re excited because I want to bask it pinch my kids. If we didn’t come, I would’ve been sad because they request to spot really it is.

Diana: Now, it’s our turn. Even though [today’s match] is not our country, we still had to travel and acquisition it. We’ll watch our squad play later connected the large screen.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

Diana: Work, but that doesn’t matter. This is much important. Time pinch family.

Luis Jr.: Sleep. [Laughs]

Diana: It’s Thursday. We’re retired present watching the game, we’re drinking, truthful there’s nary complaints.

Was it worthy it?

Diana: Absolutely. No matter what happens today. The truth that we’re here, it’s already a success.

Tell maine about your outfit. You’re rocking Paisaboys, an L.A. brand.

Diana: I sewage the Paisaboys garment on, repping. I cognize they person a collaboration pinch Nike. I sewage my Nike shoes connected and I’m conscionable fresh to person a bully time. My mom sewed her apical past night. She wanted to adhd a small touch to it.

Angelica: Yes! This is an old, old, aged jacket.

Diana: My dad’s outfit is sponsored by me. All Adidas, Father’s Day gift.

Luis Sr.: I sewage fortunate this year.

Adam Chapman and Sarah Harrell of Washington, D.C.

Adam Chapman and Sarah Harrell.

How overmuch did you salary for tickets?

Harrell: We went to 2 games: USA versus Paraguay [in Los Angeles] and Senegal versus France successful New Jersey/New York.

Chapman: The L.A. tickets were measurement much expensive. We bought them presale for for illustration $1,940, but the [seats] were still very precocious successful the arena and the resale prices are really cheaper than the ones we bought connected presale. It’s horrible. [Laughs]

Why did you want to travel to the World Cup?

Chapman: This is my first men’s World Cup. I went to the women’s World Cup successful Australia a mates years ago. The past clip the U.S. had a men’s World Cup present was for illustration everlastingly ago. We’re about apt not going to person different successful our lifetime, truthful I really wanted to make judge we had a chance to spell to immoderate games.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

Harrell: We’re moving the time we get back, truthful we were packing until the infinitesimal we sewage here. Some of this cogwheel was last-minute purchasing successful bid to make that work. Also, we took a six-hour level ride, mediate seats. We really committed to get here. We sewage feline sitters, we some took days disconnected from work, the full thing.

Was it worthy it?

Chapman: Yeah, conscionable for the experience. It’s much money than we would’ve wanted to salary but yeah.

Harrell: We bought the tickets for illustration a twelvemonth and a half ago, truthful it’s been connected the almanac forever. We ended up getting to bring my relative and his champion friend to observe his 40th birthday, truthful it benignant conscionable worked retired for each of us.

Laila Samimi and Elizabeth Cambage of Los Angeles

Laila Samimi and Elizabeth Cambage.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

Cambage: Nothing. Sorry.

Samimi: We were blessed.

Why did you want to be the World Cup?

Cambage: This is my first fútbol crippled ever. I wanted to travel origin it’s L.A. Yay sports! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Let’s get retired location and get into it.

Samimi: I’m calved and raised successful L.A. truthful I’m happy to spot the World Cup here.

Tell maine about your outfit inspiration.

Samimi: I’m wearing Honor the Gift, Russell Westbrook’s brand, a Nike top, my shorts are from a random boutique successful L.A. and Jordan shoes.

Cambage: I conscionable went crazy astatine the Nike store. I’m not gonna lie. We conscionable came from the Nike store. I’m reppin’ USA today. Yes, I americium Australian, but I do unrecorded successful America and USA is AUS. [Laughs]

Kenan Sahbaz of St. Louis and family

Bosnia and Herzegovina fans cheer connected their team.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

I sewage excavation straight done the FIFA website. We paid $500 a piece. I brought my son, my cousins and their kids.

Why did you want to be the World Cup?

Sahbaz: This is our very first World Cup. It’s a historical arena for our very mini country, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is simply a immense accomplishment successful the past 12 years. This is going to beryllium the first clip we’ve made it present again. We’ve sewage a really bully squad and I deliberation we could do immoderate astonishing things for our country. This is simply a clip erstwhile we really request immoderate support and joyousness successful the country, and nary amended measurement to do it than astatine the World Cup.

Who’s your favourite player?

Kids: Džeko.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

Sahbaz: A lot. Work. Time. We were initially going to spell connected picnic to the Bahamas, but I asked him either the Bahamas aliases the World Cup. So erstwhile we recovered retired that we made it, it was the World Cup. We canceled everything else. We moreover went to the qualifiers successful Wales and that was a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition arsenic well. There was conscionable nary measurement we were going to miss it.

Was it worthy it?

Sahbaz: 100%. Win aliases lose, we still triumph today.

Daniel Henriquez and David Njenga of Seattle

David Njenga, left, sports Kenya gear, while Daniel Henriquez cheers for El Salvador.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

Henriquez: This lucifer was $500 each. We bought it successful for illustration October of past year.

Why did you want to be the World Cup?

Njenga: Because this is the World Cup. You person to spell to a World Cup. This is my 2nd one. I was successful Qatar for the past World Cup.

Henriquez: The energy! World Cup baby!

Njenga: There’s group from each complete the world. We are each assembled present to bask this moment.

Henriquez: This is what happens erstwhile each the world comes together. This is our utopia. We each emotion each other. We’re each present for 1 thing, to support our country.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

Njenga: My job. I person to beryllium astatine activity correct now, but I took the time off. I don’t mind.

Henriquez: I’m a caregiver for the occurrence department. My leader was awesome. She gave maine a time off. I emotion my leader Nancy. Go Nancy!

Was it worthy it?

Njenga: It is worthy each penny. It’s not moreover the money. It’s the experience. After this, we caput to San Francisco for different game.

Henriquez: Then we’re heading to Vancouver and past we person different crippled successful Seattle.

Njenga: We’re going to six games [in total]. Our Houston tickets were the cheapest. They were about $400.

Cindy Vazquez of Grenada Hills

Cindy Vazquez Zavala reps Mexico pinch her outfit.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

It was free.99. Shh!

Why did you want to travel to the World Cup?

This is my first World Cup. The Jordan squad invited maine to be this game, truthful fortunate me. That’s why I’m wearing Jordans today. I’m successful the manufacture truthful they invited a fewer labor from vicinity stores to come.

Tell america about your outfit inspiration.

Today there’s a Mexico game, truthful I still gotta rep moreover though I’m attending this lucifer [Switzerland versus Bosnia and Herzegovina]. The outfit is simply a Nike T90 jersey and my lace is from Amazon. I sewage the small [soccer] ball, the small World Cup and teddy carnivore from the state station. I needed it.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

I really had to petition PTO to attend, but the shop is still moving without me. Right aft this game, I really person to pitchy back. I activity astatine Feature, which is simply a sneaker boutique successful Studio City. S/O Feature for allowing maine to travel here!

Fabian Almiron of Spain

Fabian Almiron, primitively from Paraguay but presently surviving successful Spain, rides Metro to the game.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

I paid $1,100 for the first crippled [June 12], $290 for the Turkey crippled [June 19] and the past crippled pinch Australia was $170 [June 25].

Why did you want to travel to the World Cup?

This is my first World Cup. I unrecorded successful Spain, but I’m rooting for Paraguay. I’m very excited to beryllium seeing them participate aft 16 years.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

I utilized for illustration 20 to 25 days of picnic clip to travel spot the World Cup.

Was it worthy it?

Yes!

Sunny Kwong, Sam Mallari, Antonio Evangelista, Michael Evangelista of San Diego and Los Angeles

Antonio Evangelista, Sam Mallari, Michael Evangelista and Sunny Kwong are decked retired successful Bosnia and Herzegovina gear.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

Michael: We paid $400 each. We sewage fortunate pinch the past chance lottery. They released the tickets a fewer months ago.

Why did you want to be the World Cup?

Michael: We’re rooting for Bosnia this time. This is our first World Cup.

Antonio: It’s a lifelong dream. I’ve loved the athletics ever since I was successful the Philippines.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

Michael: Most of america had the time off. I worked successful the greeting astatine for illustration 6 a.m. and past I’m going to activity afterward. I really wanted to carve retired clip to beryllium there.

Mallari: I took clip disconnected because this is my first shot crippled ever and I wanted to acquisition the World Cup pinch existent fans.

Was it worthy it?

Michael: 100%. It’s honestly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It’s been awesome to beryllium present pinch my dad. We watched the past World Cup finals and we were virtually successful tears. I cognize he’s been playing shot ever since he was successful the Philippines military.

Antonio: 20 years.

Becky Clift of Orange County and William Wagner of San Diego

Colleagues William Wagner and Becky Clift athletics accepted show inspired outfits to cheer connected Switzerland.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

Clift: They were talented to us.

Wagner: We’re a fortunate group.

Why did you want to travel to the World Cup?

Clift: The World Cup successful America is ace fun, truthful we wanted to support it and beryllium a portion of it. This was the crippled that we sewage tickets for, truthful we decided to dress up a small spot and person immoderate fun.

Wagner: We’re some shot people. We some speak the world’s language, truthful we’re happy to beryllium a portion of it here.

Tell maine about your outfit inspiration.

Wagner: I person a very adjacent Swiss friend who was equipped for this. One speedy telephone telephone and present I am.

Clift: Then I had to get excavation truthful I could support.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

Wagner: A afloat time of work. We’re some engineers. We cognize each different done work.

Was it worthy it?

Wagner: We’ll find out.

Clift: Heck yeah!

Jorge Morales of Topanga

Jorge Morales holds retired a shot he sewage astatine the World Cup opener successful Mexico City.

How overmuch did you salary for tickets?

It was betwixt $800 to $900 for my USA versus Paraguay tickets. I bought them done Seat Geek.

Why did you want to travel to the World Cup?

I wanted to acquisition it not conscionable successful Los Angeles, but I besides wanted to acquisition it successful Mexico. I’m going to 3 games successful Los Angeles and 4 successful Mexico City. Going to my first World Cup successful Mexico City was a full different ballgame. Mexico played successful their location state and they won. It was for illustration pandemonium. Even though it was raining complete location astatine the time, it was still a batch of fun. Everyone was hugging each other. I’m looking astatine you, New York Knicks fans. [Laughs]

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

I’m utilized to traveling, truthful I’m for illustration this ain’t nothing. I conscionable wanted to acquisition a World Cup crippled and the truth that it’s successful 3 countries, you’re not going to acquisition that immoderate different time. It’s the 1 and only World Cup wherever you’re going to spot 3 countries hosting it.

Alexi Kulik, Marcella Harkness, Luke Kulik and Ian Harkness of San Diego

Switzerland fans Alexi Kulik, Marcella Harkness, Luke Kulik and Ian Harkness.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

Ian: $450 per ticket.

Alexi: We won the summons lottery. That’s the only measurement ‘cause the resale is expensive.

Why did you want to be the World Cup?

Marcella: This is our first World Cup!

Ian: I was astatine the Switzerland versus Qatar game. Similar outfit. We sewage it dialed this time. Lots of fun. Tough ending, but what are you going to do?

Luke: We wanted to support Switzerland. Everyone successful the family is Swiss. It’s nosy to spell to a World Cup game. We were conscionable excited to get tickets. I deliberation it’s a awesome measurement for the family to walk clip together and a bully excuse to get retired of work.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

Luke: Time disconnected work. Time to travel here. We drove up here. I don’t deliberation we gave up much. We conscionable bask being here.

Ian: $450.

Alexi: And we woke up astatine 5 a.m., truthful that we could travel up present and walk the time together.

Was it worthy it?

All: Yes!

Anja Gegic, Dino Gegic, Benjamin Mustafic, Nordin Kapic, Armin Kapic of Los Angeles

Bosnia and Herzegovina fans Anja Gegic, Dino Gegic, Benjamin Mustafic, Nordin Kapic and Armin Kapic.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

Nordin: $3,000. We’re for illustration virtually connected the field.

Anja: $450. In L.A., we sewage it for illustration that.

Why did you want to be the World Cup?

Anja: This is our 2nd clip ever qualifying for the World Cup. We are truthful proud to beryllium present and support our state today.

Nordin: I mean, look around. Why would you not want to beryllium present today?

Armin: We’re hoping for the win!

All: 2-0!

Bendicht Hügli and Lucia Grajales of Mexico City

Lucia Grajales and Bendicht Hugli, some presently surviving successful Mexico City, clasp a Swiss flag.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

Hügli: The summons was $650. That’s stealing. That’s robbery. When I went successful ‘86, I deliberation the tickets were 10% of the value I paid for this year.

Why did you want to be the World Cup?

Hügli: I had immoderate business successful San Diego. I saw Switzerland is going to beryllium here, truthful let’s deed it and break the slope to get tickets. I went to the World Cup successful Mexico City successful ’86. I saw 12 games. I’m going to 1 this time.

Was it worthy it?

Hügli: We’ll see. If Switzerland plays lousy, past I’m going to beryllium pissed, but I deliberation they’ll do amended than successful the first game.

Flavia Sacco and Isidoro Garcia of Washington, D.C.

Flavia Sacco and Isidoro Garcia guidelines for Paraguay.

How overmuch did you salary for your ticket?

Isidoro: I deliberation it was about $500 per ticket. Again, we were very fortunate because Paraguay was the first game.

Flavia: It was early vertebrate without knowing who was going to play.

Isidoro: We’re besides going to the Paraguay versus Turkey crippled successful San Francisco and the 3rd 1 successful Mexico City.

Why did you want to travel to the World Cup?

Flavia: We’re rooting for Paraguay. I’m from Paraguay, calved and raised.

Isidoro: This is my 2nd World Cup. I went to the 1 successful Qatar. We were very excited about it. Actually, we were very fortunate excessively because we bought Paraguay’s tickets erstwhile they were trading them blank. So we conscionable bought the 3 tickets for Paraguay earlier knowing the group shape and past it turned retired to beryllium successful the U.S., truthful it was awesome.

Flavia: We were hoping it would beryllium connected the East Coast because that’s wherever we unrecorded and it ended up being connected the different broadside of the country, but we already had the tickets and we really wanted to spell to a game, truthful we flew. We’re coming consecutive from the airport. We person our 5-month-old babe who is astatine the edifice pinch my mom.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

Isidoro: I conjecture clip pinch our daughter. Even though it’s only going to beryllium a fewer hours, we miss her a lot. She’s very tiny. Every [moment] is precious pinch her.

Was it worthy it?

Isidoro: Yes, moreover though it’s a fewer hours and hopefully Paraguay will propulsion it off.

Jorge Espinosa of Los Angeles

Jorge Espinosa of Los Angeles.

How overmuch did you salary for tickets?

For the USA versus Paraguay ticket, I deliberation I paid for illustration $1,800, and for different match, I deliberation I paid about $1,020, truthful a small less. I deliberation that’s erstwhile the prices started to spell down.

Why did you want to travel to the World Cup?

I’ve ever wanted to go. I missed my chance to spell to Brazil successful 2014. I really wanted to go, but I had conscionable taken a immense travel to Asia, truthful I couldn’t really go. I didn’t person immoderate money near and I’ve been reasoning about the World Cup being present since it was awarded to the U.S. I was really bummed retired erstwhile it was awarded to Qatar alternatively of the U.S. and besides alternatively of Australia. I’m really excited about it. It feels unreal.

What does it mean for the World Cup to beryllium successful your hometown?

It intends truthful much. I retrieve erstwhile they had it present successful ‘94. I didn’t get a chance to spell to immoderate of the games, but the power that you consciousness about the metropolis is for illustration adjacent level. The events they’ve been hosting are truthful awesome. You get to meet much group from different walks of life and different countries.

Did you person to springiness up thing to beryllium here?

I conscionable beautiful overmuch had to prime up much debt, but I get points truthful it’ll thief alert somewhere. Also, indebtedness disappears erstwhile you dice truthful they could effort coming aft maine for that World Cup money, but they ne'er will. [Laughs]

Was it worthy it?

I looked astatine the value and was like, “It’ll ne'er beryllium this inexpensive successful my life, ever.” It’s only ever going to spell up, and, hey, it’s successful my backyard.