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FIFA adopted a dynamic pricing approach to tickets, by which prices fluctuate in accordance with supply and demand. This made for some absurd fluctuations to ticket prices. Standard admission pricing for the semi-final between Chelsea and Brazil’s Fluminense at MetLife was reduced to just $13.40 on the weekend before...

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