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Dave Hyde: A $4,282 ticket and $248 parking pass? Get ready for World Cup sticker shock.

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There’s road rage, air rage, gas rage and now, coming to South Florida, World Cup ticket rage. Do you hear the cursing in Portuguese and Scottish rolling in? The cheapest ticket to their June 24 match at Hard Rock Stadium is $2,106 on the FIFA-directed resale market.

Or how about the lowest ticket of $4,282 for the June 27 Colombia-Portugal game at Hard Rock? That doesn’t cover the $248 ...

There’s road rage, air rage, gas rage and now, coming to South Florida, World Cup ticket rage. Do you hear the cursing in Portuguese and Scottish rolling in? The cheapest ticket to their June 24 match at Hard Rock Stadium is $2,106 on the FIFA-directed resale market.

Or how about the lowest ticket of $4,282 for the June 27 Colombia-Portugal game at Hard Rock? That doesn’t cover the $248 parking pass for resale on Ticketmaster, or the control-yourself $100 for a few in-game drinks and arepas. Total to watch Colombia-Portugal: $4,782 a ticket.

Marketing slogan: See The Beautiful Game, Eat Chicken Broth For A Year. Here’s an idea for an enterprising travel company: Start a Cheer-Like-A-Native tour. Instead of having people dip into their 401K to watch Colombia play Portugal, this tour involves a $401 flight to Cartagena the day before the game and a return three nights later, as Google flights priced it.

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