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In a statement Wednesday, Sharon Bollenbach, executive director of the FIFA<\/a> World Cup<\/a> 2026 Toronto Secretariat, said 220,000 general admission tickets were acquired shortly after the online portal launched.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited by the response to FIFA Fan Festival Toronto general admission ticket registrations,\u201d Bollenbach said.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story.<\/p>\n \u201cThe enthusiasm reflects the excitement building as Toronto gets ready to welcome the world for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and celebrate our \u2018World in a City\u2019 spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n The city said demand for tickets was higher than anticipated, though premium ticket options remain available for purchase online.<\/p>\n Toronto officials also said more free tickets will be released in waves throughout the tournament, with the next release scheduled for May 15 at 10 a.m. EST.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore on Sports Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n FIFA Fan Festival\u2122 Toronto will run from June 11 to July 19 and feature live match broadcasts, entertainment, interactive experiences and more than 30 food vendors serving international cuisine.<\/p>\n The city said the event is open to all ages, with general admission free but only available online in advance.<\/p>\n People who secured tickets will receive a barcoded confirmation on May 15.<\/p>\n Additional performances and programming details are expected to be announced closer to the World Cup games.<\/p>\n \n\t\t© 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto says overwhelming demand for free FIFA Fan Festival Toronto…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3274,242121,82,3302,242122,13009],"class_list":["post-652596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-fan-festival","tag-sports","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-fifa","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Get](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\")
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