Messi no-show has BC fans raging over pricey Whitecaps tickets: "Highway robbery"

A Langford, B.C., family that spent thousands of dollars to give their son a chance to see his soccer idol is slamming the MLS and the superstar himself, after it was announced that Argentine forward Lionel Messi would be a no-show for Saturday’s game between his club Inter Miami and the Vancouver Whitecaps.

“The prices were extremely high only because of this superstar that was coming,” Karyn Theeparajah told Global News. “It’s highway robbery, if I am being honest, and the MLS knows that. They are getting away with it and I think it’s shameful.”

The Theeparajah family bought four-game Golden Era ticket packs — at a cost of about $2,000 — plus round-trip ferry fares for her son Carter’s ninth birthday, specifically because of the Miami game and marketing that heavily featured Messi.

Global's Paul Johnson has the details.

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