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Topics: Football, Sport, World News, US News, Money, Social Media, Twitter
Madison Burgess
Topics: Football, Sport, World News, US News, Money, Social Media, Twitter
Tickets for this summer's FIFA World Cup final have gone on sale for just under $2.3m (£1.7m) each - and fans are not happy.
Yes, you read that right, if you want to watch the last game of the worldwide football tournament, you'll have to dig deep and fork out literal millions to make it happen.
As reported by Sky News, FIFA's official 'resale/exchange marketplace' website shows four seats available for the match, costing $2,299,998.85 each.
So that means if you planned to get a group together and buy all four, you'd have to pay a staggering $9.2m (£6.8m).
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The match is due to take place on 19 July at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and The Guardian reports that the seats in question are located behind a goal in the lower deck of the arena.
The publication reports that FIFA takes a 15% purchase fee from the buyer of each ticket and a 15% resale fee from the seller; however, it's important to note that the governing body does not control the prices that resale tickets are listed for.
This is because, while laws can vary from state to state, overall, America has no federal prohibition on reselling tickets above face value.
This means that as it's unregulated, sellers can legally list tickets for any price they choose - even if it is way above face value, and in rare cases like this one, in the millions.
Reacting to the shock ticket prices on social media, one X user wrote: "$2.3m for a ticket. the game’s gone, and so has any shame in football."
While a second added: "At this point the rest of the world should let Americans watch the whole tournament by themselves."
And a third chimed in with: "This final is set to be a millionaires networking event in the stadium."
A fourth agreed: "If there is anyone stupid enough to pay this then let them. Completely insane."
Meanwhile, a fifth quipped: "Football is no longer about the sport and more about how much money can be made."
And another fan questioned: "So is the goal to have a stadium packed full with celebrities and global stars who know nothing about soccer while those who can actually go and back their teams do it over screen and viewing centres?"
Meanwhile, someone else pointed out: "Anyone can ask for a price, doesn’t mean it will sell at that price. OBVIOUSLY."
The World Cup this year is being jointly hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico, and the first game will kick off on 11 June.
A FIFA spokesperson told Tyla: “For the FIFA World Cup 2026™, FIFA has established a ticket sales and secondary market model that reflects standard ticket market practices for major sporting and entertainment events across the host countries. FIFA’s Resale Marketplace provides a safe, transparent, and secure environment for fans to sell or transfer tickets to other fans.
"The applicable resale facilitation fees are aligned with industry standards across North American sports and entertainment sectors.
“Unlike the entities behind profit-driven third-party ticket marketplaces, FIFA is a not-for-profit organisation. Revenue generated from the FIFA World Cup every four years is reinvested to support the development of men’s, women’s and youth football across all FIFA 211 member associations, every day of the year.”