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Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival was meant to make the World Cup more accessible. Free tickets are being sold online

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By Ben Spurr 
| The Toronto Star
The festival is being held on 22 days of the global soccer tournament schedule at Fort York and the Bentway, and will feature match broadcasts, live entertainment and food vendors. There is no charge for general admission, after Mayor Olivia Chow and city council scrapped a controversial proposal to require attendees pay $10. The city set up a digital ticketing system through Ticketmaster to help manage attendance however, and the first batch of passes were snatched up soon after being released.
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The FIFA World Cup is here and Toronto may still be short millions in funding

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By Ben Spurr 
| The Toronto Star
Toronto won’t say whether it has filled a multimillion dollar shortfall in its World Cup hosting budget, with kickoff for the global soccer tournament just hours away. Meanwhile, the municipality and its mayor are facing criticism over one of the strategies it has used to raise funds for the games: reselling highly sought-after match tickets at a profit.
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Residents near World Cup sites frustrated by wait for city’s special driving passes

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By Ben Spurr , Sadeen Mohsen
| The Toronto Star
With just days until the World Cup comes to their doorstep, residents living near Toronto’s tournament sites are still facing uncertainty about how they’ll be able to get around. Some people living in Liberty Village and Fort York, close to the venues for the city’s six matches and its Fan Festival, said Tuesday they had yet to receive the special passes from the municipality that will allow them access to their neighbourhoods during the tournament.
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