A single EURO 2020 finals ticket cost up to Sh2.5 million

More than 60,000 fans attended the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy at Wembley on Sunday. A vast majority were, of course, England fans who were traumatised with a penalty shoot-out drama that resulted in Azzurri’s victory.Not only they had to witness such a dreadful defeat and subsequent disarray but have to pay a sick amount of money for it.The Euro 2020 decider was sold out, but fans have been trying to buy tickets through resale websites, where prices had skyrocketed a couple of days before the game – notably after England sealed their passage on Wednesday night after beating Denmark semi-finals.##EDITORS_CHOICE##While the tickets were initially priced at a reasonable 95 euros, 12.140 KSh, as indicated on UEFA’s official website, the cheapest tickets available on second-hand online platforms started from around 485.633 KSh and have gone up to an incredible 2.555.966 KSh on some websites.Non-England fans have also complained about the United Kingdom’s strict restrictions due to COVID-19. According to the government’s rules, travellers should isolate for ten days following their arrival in England.

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