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The beautiful game. Ticket prices for this year’s World Cup are already sky-high. But some luxury packages—complete with police escorts, cigar rollers, and Tibetan singing bowls—can turn a trip to the game into a seven-figure spectacle By Jeanne Malle The World Cup kicks off in just a few days, and already it has secured one title: the most expensive tournament in history, a fact its organizer, FIFA, seems entirely comfortable with.In New York, fans have been introduced to the romance of the ...