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World Cup ticket costs almost two million euros
April 24, 2026 – 9:09 a.mReading time: 1 min.
Tickets for the World Cup can be sold on the official FIFA platform at any price. This creates exorbitant offers.
Fifa’s limitless resale policy is leading to previously unimaginable prices for tickets for the World Cup final. On the world association’s official resale platform, four tickets for the final at the MetLife Stadium in New York were for sale on Thursday at a price of 2,299,998.85 US dollars each – which corresponds to almost two million euros per ticket. The seats are in the fourth from last row in a block in the lower tier, offset to the side behind the goal.
The original price for the four tickets was 8,860 dollars (around 7,582 euros) each. The world association allows resales at any price and earns money from it. Sellers and buyers each have to pay 15 percent fees to FIFA. The tickets were listed for a base price of $1,999,999, plus FIFA’s fees of $299,999.85. If the four cards find a new owner at the asking price, the world association will earn around $2.4 million.
After criticism of the high prices arose, FIFA defended itself in a statement saying that the model corresponds to common practices in the ticket market for major sporting events in the host countries. In contrast to profit-oriented third-party ticket marketplace providers, Fifa revenues would be reinvested in the global development of football via the 211 member associations.