Squid Game-style hostel in Spain slammed for wild price

News.com.au

19-05-2025

A Squid Game-style hostel in Spain has been slammed for charging football fans more than $4000 for the Europa League final.
Disgruntled supporters from Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspurs are up in arms over the price.
For a three-night stay, four adults would need to fork out a whopping £2,338 – $A4840 to stay at the Bilbao Metropolitan Hostel by BosshHotels, in Spain.
It's just a nine-minute drive from the Estadio de San Mamés – the stadium hosting the final on Wednesday, May 21, which sees the two English clubs battle it out.
The price for the hostel stay is from Tuesday (May 20) to Friday (May 23), according to UK media site Need to Know.
Fans have likened the bedroom set up to the hit Netflix show Squid Game where contestants are forced to sleep in a warehouse full of bunk beds.
'Sleeping in Squid Game for £2,000 ($4000),' one fan commented.
'You could win 45 billion Korean Won,' another added, while a third demanded the cost was
'sickening'.
Others said it 'should be illegal' to take advantage of guests.
'Surely no one's paying £2,000 for a hostel. I wouldn't even pay £200. Would rather sleep in the airport or just cope off coffee and red bull,' one person said.
Need to Know has contacted Bossh Hotels for comment.