NPR.
This is The Indicator from Planet Money.
I'm Waylon Wong.
The men's FIFA World Cup is coming to the U.S.
next year.
It's going to be the biggest World Cup ever.
But it's also likely to be the most expensive and the most elusive for your average soccer fan.
Just check out what they're saying on social media.
When people open the presale for official tickets, I was shocked to see the prices.
Just reading into the ticket prices for the World Cup next year, horrible.
Absolutely.
This was a shambolic rollout.
Has anyone seen the ticket prices they're charging for these games?
I'm joined now by another fan.
He also happens to be MPR's senior business editor, Rafael Nam.
Welcome.
Hey, Olin.
Hi, and you are a, like, super, super fan, right?
I hear you've been to, what, six World Cups?
I have six of them.