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World Cup tickets are expensive. Flights to North America are expensive. Hotel rooms in many places are expensive.<\/p>\n

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Then there’s the price of beer.<\/p>\n

There are some fun \u2014 and yes, sometimes pricey \u2014 food and drink offerings at the venues playing host to the World Cup. A $75 caviar-topped tray of tater tots and a $40 empanada weighing in at 5 pounds (2.2 kilograms) for the daring or for sharing in Miami. Rib-eye tacos for $8 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Something called a Twinkie cheeseburger that has nothing to do with dessert for $22 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Prices, in many cases, aren’t all that different from what U.S. fans would experience on NFL Sundays or college football Saturdays. But some international fans aren’t used to such pricing and are calling foul, especially over beer prices that can top $20.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s unfair. It’s not right. It’s wrong,\u201d said Thomas Sch\u00fcller, an engineer from Germany in Toronto to watch his national team play over the weekend, as he held a beer that cost him 24.25 Canadian dollars (about $17 or 15 euros). \u201cIt’s three times the cost of what I pay in my country.\u201d<\/p>\n

But is that stopping him?<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, no,\u201d Sch\u00fcller acknowledged.<\/p>\n

World Cup beer prices become a mild pint of discord<\/h2>\n

There is clearly some sticker shock among international visitors to this World Cup, especially when it comes to the concession prices. In Europe, it’s not uncommon for beers to be perhaps around 4 or 5 euros (about $5-6 USD). <\/p>\n

There’s also no shortage of intrigue on the menu at the concession stands at stadiums across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever seen anything like it,\u201d said Janine Arbetter, a fan from Austria, as she waited for a hot dog, chips and soda combo in Miami last week. The pre-tip price: $19.35 (about 17 euros), which included a discount for using Visa. \u201cIt’s a lot of food for a little snack.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some Argentina fans happily showed off their $34 lobster rolls from a match in Kansas City on social media, but in Toronto, the brisket sandwich with chips and a bottle of soda for nearly 40 Canadian dollars ($28) had some online commenters lamenting it as \u201crobbery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s OK, more or less, for the World Cup,\u201d German fan Daniel Feldmann said of the food prices while watching a match in Vancouver last week.<\/p>\n

Concession offerings vary from stadium to stadium<\/h2>\n

FIFA, the sport’s governing body and the tournament organizer, has very specific rules on just about everything related to the World Cup \u2014 and there are guidelines that concessionaires have to follow as well. But prices can vary by market, as do the food and drink offerings. And that means the experience in one city might look, or taste, nothing like what’s offered in another.<\/p>\n

The \u201cFancy AF Tots\u201d for $75 at Miami Stadium aren’t really tots at all \u2014 it’s three deep-fried hash brown patties, with caviar, creme fraiche and chives. (For those who just want the caviar, it’ll be $70.) Southern California’s Twinkie cheeseburger is in fact a burger topped with a Texas Twinkie \u2014 a bacon-wrapped jalape\u00f1o stuffed with brisket and cream cheese. <\/p>\n

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But there’s also a slew of choices specific to a local market; for example, Vancouver offers short rib poutine (an iconic Canadian dish of fries loaded with beef gravy, pulled short rib and cheese curds) along with a maple bacon smokie (smoked sausage topped with bacon onion jam that features Canadian maple syrup).<\/p>\n

And in Miami, the signature offerings include pan con lechon (a Cuban-style sandwich with pork, infused with citrus mojo sauce and served on a toasted full Cuban loaf) and Empanada Mundial (the five-pound, handmade, chicken-and-cheese-stuffed dish named after the World Cup).<\/p>\n

Both Vancouver and Miami have Sodexo Live as a food and beverage provider, and the typical game-day menus in both stadiums were revised a bit to accommodate a soccer crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want it to feel like Miami when you\u2019re here,\u201d said Zach Williams, the stadium’s vice president of operations. \u201cEverything we do around the Miami Stadium, we want to make sure everybody understands that when they come here, they\u2019re getting a Miami experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Atlanta Stadium keeps prices low<\/h2>\n

In Mexico City, a beer could cost a day’s pay \u2014 literally. The daily minimum wage in Mexico City is just 315.04 pesos (roughly $18). Some beers at Mexico City Stadium were selling for between 299 and 310 pesos \u2014 about twice as much as fans would ordinarily pay in the same stadium when the World Cup isn’t in town.<\/p>\n

But in Atlanta, where Falcons owner and stadium operator Arthur Blank promised the low concession prices he’s championed for many years would hold for the World Cup, pizza slices were $3, 32-ounce sodas were $4, a cheeseburger was $5, chicken tenders with fries were $6 and beers could be had for as little as $8.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Arango, a 33-year-old from Greenville, South Carolina, was at a match in Atlanta with his wife, daughter and father.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn total for what we got \u2014 three orders of tacos, a slice of pizza, two waters and a Coke \u2014 we spent like $50,\u201d Arango said. \u201cCompared to what we\u2019ve paid at other events … it’s nice after you paid a lot for a ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Sch\u00fcller pointed out that even though the tournament does come around every four years, it still feels like a once-in-a-lifetime experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire football world is having fun,\u201d Sch\u00fcller said, \u201cso cheers to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Associated Press journalists Tales Azzoni, Maura Carey, Andrew Dalton, Carlos Rodriguez, Alanis Thames, Stephen Whyno and Ben Kule contributed to this story from various World Cup venues. Kule is a student in the University of Georgia\u2019s Carmical Sports Media Institute.<\/p>\n

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AP World Cup coverage: https:\/\/apnews.com\/FIFA-World-Cup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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