Infantino Defends World Cup Ticket Prices
Infantino said FIFA must follow U.S. resale rules and market demand, while fan groups call the pricing excessive and cite tickets listed above $2 million.
- At the Milken Institute Conference in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended World Cup ticket prices, citing high demand and US laws permitting resale thousands of dollars above face value.
- FIFA received over 500 million ticket requests for 2026, dwarfing the fewer than 50 million combined for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups as interest in the tournament surged to record levels.
- Fan groups contrasted 2026 pricing with the Qatar World Cup in 2022, noting the most expensive final ticket then cost around $1,600, while this summer's costs about $11,000 at face value.
- Football Supporters Europe branded the pricing structure "extortionate" and a "monumental betrayal," filing a lawsuit with the European Commission in March targeting FIFA over "excessive ticket prices."
- Infantino argued FIFA must apply "market rates" because tickets sold below market value are resold at much higher prices anyway, justifying the steep increases as inevitable under US resale laws.
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The high prices of tickets for the 2026 World Cup generated criticism among fans and legislators from the United States, a situation that led FIFA president Gianni Infantino to defend the cost of tickets during a conference in Beverly Hills.The leader that the demand for the next World Cup reached historical figures, with more than 500 million requests for tickets before the start of the official sale for the tournament to be held in Mexico, the…
Just over a month before the start of the World Cup, high prices of tickets to resale platforms in the United States have generated controversy among fans, while FIFA defends the dynamic market model as a mechanism to regulate supply and demand.
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