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Senior sports reporter, @WSJ. @SJI_Update alum. Minneapolis South High grad.
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Ten Months of Searching and $970 a Pop: One Dad’s World Cup Ticket Nightmare

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By Rachel Bachman 
| The Wall Street Journal
Kelly and Brian Rizzo at a U.S. men’s national team match in Chicago in 2009. Brian Rizzo When Brian Rizzo went to the 1994 World Cup as a teenager, it opened his eyes to the power of the planet’s largest sporting event. His mom bought him a lower-bowl seat at Chicago’s Soldier Field for $85. Germany was playing Belgium in the round of 16 and Rizzo, then a high school player in Texas, traveled to cheer on his German goalkeeping hero.
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How FIFA’s Biggest World Cup Unleashed a Summer of Price Gouging

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By Rachel Bachman 
| The Wall Street Journal
FIFA's target, boosted by an expanded field of 48 teams in this year's World Cup, is a projected record of $11 billion in revenue. Nathan Hackett for WSJ The World Cup that kicks off next month in North America was supposed to be the most spectacular edition yet of the planet’s most popular sporting event. It promised an unprecedented 48 teams in 16 cities playing 104 Super Bowls.
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New York and New Jersey Subpoena FIFA in World Cup Ticketing Probe

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By Rachel Bachman 
| The Wall Street Journal
New York New Jersey Stadium (temporarily renamed from MetLife Stadium) is set to host eight matches, including the final. Charly Triballeau/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Attorneys General for New York and New Jersey on Wednesday issued subpoenas to soccer’s global governing body, compelling FIFA to disclose how it arrived at the unprecedented ticket prices for this summer’s World Cup.
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