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Vancouver hosts its first match on Saturday, when Turkey face \u2060Australia in a Group D game.<\/div>\n<div>For some supporters, the trip carries deep personal meaning. A German fan \u200bsaid he chose to visit Vancouver in tribute to his late father, who was fond of the city, \u200beven as he acknowledged the rising cost of attending matches.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We are here to watch Australia against Turkey, and I&#8217;m happy to get some tickets,&#8221; Harold from Germany told Reuters.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I paid $150. That&#8217;s a lot of money for a football match, but I \u200bgot lucky to get tickets at this price.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been to tournaments in Germany, the World Cup, and \u200bthe World Cup in Brazil in 2014, and it has always been expensive, but it&#8217;s getting more and more expensive, \u200cand \u2060I don&#8217;t like this, but I think it&#8217;s a great atmosphere.&#8221;<\/div>\n<h2>LASTING MEMORIES<\/h2>\n<div>Australian fan Mark Wright, attending his fifth World Cup with his family, said the expense mattered little compared with the chance to create lasting memories.<\/div>\n<div>The Socceroos have made a habit of qualifying for the global showpiece, reaching the last six editions and advancing to \u200bthe round of 16 \u200bfor a second time \u2060in Qatar four years ago.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t about the cost. I&#8217;ve been to four World Cups now, and it&#8217;s never about the cost,&#8221; Wright said. &#8220;It&#8217;s about following my \u200bcountry and my team, and spending time with my family.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;For me, the World \u200bCup is \u2060a lifetime memory &#8211; doing things that I love, celebrating, watching.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I think the World Cup makes everywhere better. You see the best version of a country or a city, because people are happy. Generally, the weather decides to \u2060be good \u200bas well, out of some sort of miracle. But football is \u200blife, as they say in (the popular TV show) Ted Lasso, and I think that gives everyone a bit of a feeling, and \u200bit improves the city.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1739\">Empty seats at World Cup match renews concerns over ticket prices<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1737\">VIEW Musk\u2019s SpaceX raises $75 billion in largest IPO ever<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1735\">UK defence minister quits, says Starmer not spending enough to keep country safe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans arriving in Vancouver for \u200cthe World Cup are braving steep ticket prices, but some are shrugging off the cost, drawn instead by personal journeys that extend beyond football &#8211; from honouring loved ones to sharing the tournament with family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-1741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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