“Just take the money out of your pocket”
World Cup city quadruples prices for train tickets to the stadium
Updated March 27, 2026 – 4:25 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Fans have to pay high prices for tickets to the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. But these are not the only costs on the way to the stadium.
The transport company in the World Cup host city of Boston is probably planning to increase the cost of a train ticket from the city center to the venue fourfold. This is reported by the portal “The Athletic”, citing internal sources. This means that a round-trip train ticket with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) should cost at least 75 US dollars (the equivalent of around 65 euros). There are around 43 kilometers between downtown Boston and the stadium. According to The Athletic, this price change will be announced on April 8th.
Normally, spectators would pay $20 (around 17 euros) per person for a ticket from the city center to the stadium, which also hosts American football games, soccer games and concerts. During the international test match between Brazil and France (1:2) yesterday, Thursday, the price of the train ticket increased to 30 US dollars.
During the World Cup finals, seven games will take place in the stadium, which can accommodate 65,000 spectators. When contacted by The Atheltic, the MBTA only said that it had modernized the station for $35 million to make it barrier-free and expects to transport around 20,000 fans to and from each game. According to sources from “The Athletic”, who are not allowed to comment publicly, the MTBA wants to cover the renovation costs with the increased ticket prices.
Ronan Evain, managing director of the Football Supporters Europe (FSE) fan association, criticized the prices in an interview with “The Athletic”. He said: “They are another example of how FIFA has lost control of its own tournament and is failing to provide even the most basic services to visiting fans.”
He also accused the World Cup organizers of just wanting to take money out of the fans’ pockets. “And with other costs – such as food and drink in FIFA stadiums – still unknown, there are serious concerns about how far this tournament can go.” Such high costs for public transport would also make a mockery of FIFA’s climate measures.
Evian and Euroconsumers had already submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission at the beginning of the week against the generally high ticket prices. The cheapest freely available tickets for the final are said to be around 3,850 euros.
