There's already been an announcement from the EBU to ignore today's news:
https://eurovision.tv/tickets/
The local organisers always seem to misjudge the pricing of tickets. In Kiev the plan was to not offer any fan club tickets and to charge top price for everything. In end they were talked out of it. Equally in Lisbon the original plan was for the top price for the final tickets to be similar to what KAN want to charge. In both cases the EBU intervened and managed to reduce the pricing and ensure that pricing was more affordable. The EBU’s philosophy is that prices should be relative to what was charged the previous year, not relative to the local market.
Whilst the prices outlined above are quite shocking I can just about see them not budging for the final, people are ultimately prepared to pay anything to be in the audience for the final. The prices for the semi-finals and jury finals are madness. From experience these shows almost never sell out, even in Eurovision mad Stockholm the auditorium was mostly empty for the jury semi-finals.
The venue is one of the smallest in the past few years so unfortunately it's probably a case of supply and demand. I really wanted to go this year however as soon as I heard how small the venue was and the expected rush for tickets, I decided that I'll watch from home.
The rumoured appearance of Madonna at the grand final will only add to the number of people going for tickets. Dread to think what they'll go for on resale sites plus, the whole ticket release is really, really late, I had tickets for Stockholm16 and Lisbon18 before Christmas the preceding year
Time for an EBU rethink and go for a ballot instead of a "luck of the draw" general sale and then impliment the "Hamilton" musical ticketing process: the credit card you booked with is your physical ticket (so it stops resales). That said, I hope that Tel Aviv is a great show and I'll watch from the comfort of my sofa with a bucket of wine. Having been to two grand finals, it really is a magical experience for Eurovison fans, so I'm rather sad it's getting out of reach for so many
On other forums they're saying EBU is stating ignore the news however haven't denied the pricing