World Cup final tickets go on sale for £1.7m each
FIFA says it does not set resale prices and takes 15% fees from buyers and sellers on each ticket sale.
- Four tickets for the FIFA World Cup 2026 final at MetLife Stadium are listed on FIFA's resale marketplace for about $2.3 million each, totaling over $9.2 million for all four seats.
- FIFA does not set resale prices but charges both buyers and sellers a 15% fee, potentially earning nearly $600,000 from one ticket sale.
- Fans and the public have criticized the high ticket prices ahead of the tournament starting June 11 across Canada, Mexico, and the USA.
- FIFA stated that its ticket pricing and resale model reflect standard practices in North American sports and entertainment sectors, and revenue is reinvested among its members to develop football.
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Resale prices for the World Cup final have exploded on FIFA's official, unregulated resale platform.
As transport prices jump before the start of the football World Cup this summer, tickets to attend the different matches continue to explode. Especially for the final at the MetLife Stadium in New York.
If you and three friends would like to go see the final of the 2026 World Cup in person, there are four tickets available, all together, behind one of the goal stands at the MetLife Stadium for July 19. But if that sounds too good to be true, it is because in part it is. The tickets in question are being sold at $2,299,998.85 each. That amounts to more than $9 million for the four. Category 1 seats are located at the top of the lower level, dire…
If the high price of tickets to the World Cup 2026 already generates indignation, what makes you lose patience again are the tickets allocated only for the end of the date, which are triggered up to two million dollars. In the MetLife of New Jersey, witnessing the duel in the best locations will already cost approximately 6,370 pesos of the American currency, a situation that at the same time collapses the “affordable” sale of them. Read also...
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