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Average Ticket Prices for Key Matches (USD)
Comparison of current ticket price entry points for major group-stage games.
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Exorbitantly expensive tickets for early World Cup games still on ...
By JAMES ROBSON, AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Tickets for most of the World Cup group games remain on general sale with just over a month to go until the tournament kicks off on June 11. But prices are exorbitantly high, topping out at $4,105 for the United States’ opening game against Paraguay in Los Angeles, and many costing around $2,000. Tickets are still available on FIFA’s official website through its “last-minute sales” section after batches had been released through various phases since September. The cheapest tickets currently are $380 for seven different games, including World Cup debutant Curacao vs. Ivory Coast in Philadelphia. Prices vary dependent on the category of ticket, with Front Category 1 the most expensive and Category 4 the cheapest. Yet a Category 3 ticket for USA vs. Paraguay is listed at $1,120 compared to a Category 2 ticket for Austria vs Jordan, which is $380. Prices are also subject to change as FIFA adopts dynamic pricing for the first time at the World Cup. FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in January the demand for tickets for this year’s tournament in the U.S., Canada and Mexico was the equivalent of “1,000 years of World Cups at once”, and all 104 matches would be sold out. While only a handful of tickets remain for some games, fans willing and able to pay can still watch even the biggest nations such as defending champion Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France and England. Tickets for Lionel Messi’s Argentina range from $2,475-$2,925. For Brazil it is $2,280-$2,310. FIFA has been accused by fans of a “monumental betrayal” on ticket costs, but soccer’s governing body has repeatedly defended its pricing strategy. “There are expensive tickets, yes, and there are also affordable tickets,” Infantino said Thursday in addressing the FIFA Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia. “And what is important is that all the revenues that we generate from the world go back to you, go back to the entire world and finance football in all of your countries, and you know it better than me, in big majority of our countries, we could not have organized football the way we know it without the grants and the revenues and the Forward program.” Fans have been further angered by the addition of more expensive categories as the tournament approaches. Many of the tickets still on general sale are for the more expensive categories. Tickets are also available via resale platforms including FIFA’s own marketplace and last month four seats ...
USA vs Paraguay among World Cup games with unsold, exorbitant tickets ...
Tickets for the cohosts’ opening game in Los Angeles are available for prices ranging between $1,120 and $6,050.With under 40 days to go until the World Cup, tournament organisers continue to struggle with ticket sales as seats remain available for most group-stage games, albeit at exorbitant prices.Home fans can find tickets for tournament cohost United States’ (USA) opener against Paraguay, with prices starting at $1,120 and going as high as $4,105, with many tickets priced around $2,000 for the June 12 match in Los Angeles. Seats in the hospitality package groupings go as high as $6,050 per seat.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4World Cup fans outraged by US transit prices for 2026 FIFA eventslist 2 of 4US confirms transit fare spike to $150 for World Cup fans in New Jerseylist 3 of 4Infantino defends World Cup pricing in ‘very special’ US marketlist 4 of 4FIFA unlocks more World Cup tickets and adds new, more expensive categoriesend of listTickets are still available on FIFA’s official website through its “last-minute sales” section.Football fans are already outraged by exorbitant match prices — the most expensive ticket for the final costs nearly $11,000 — since the first phase of ticket sales in December. Late last month, FIFA announced yet another “last-minute ticket phase” with tickets for all 104 matches available on a first-come, first-served basis.The stagnant sales contradict FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s assertion in January that demand for tickets for this year’s tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico would be the equivalent of “1,000 years of World Cups at once”.Experts attribute dynamic pricing and greed as key factors, with fans saying they have been “priced out” by FIFA.While many in the US are accustomed to the pricing model commonly adopted at the Super Bowl, fans from around the world are not used to dynamic pricing and legal profiting from ticket resales, sports executive Peter Moore told Al Jazeera in a recent interview.“FIFA taking a 30 percent cut of dynamic pricing is outrageous,” the former Liverpool chief executive said.“FIFA is taking advantage of the unique commercial opportunities in the US, dynamic pricing and the secondary market being legal here, to make money. Infantino has said [he expects] FIFA revenues from the World Cup to exceed] $11bn. Why not make it more reasonable and accessible and make, maybe, $8bn?”Last month, four seats for the World Cup final were listed at just under $2m each on FIFA’s offi...
World Cup final tickets start at staggering $10,000 as resale fan ...
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