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If you go to Covent Garden you will pay huge prices to watch opera even though this is subsidised through state and lottery funding and the generosity of companies who donate as charity and wealthy individuals who no doubt have some tax deal going.
If you go to a local opera society, you will see the same opera for much less.
Quality will differ.
If you want to see first class football you will have to pay more than if watching a local amateur side. UEFA requires football clubs to aim towards financial self reliance. The state does not provide direct or indirect subsidies.
Simple economics and whether or not one likes it, that is how it is.