{"id":216240,"date":"2026-05-01T02:02:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/216240\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T02:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:02:24","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-world-cup-ticket-prices-soar-while-some-local-kids-get-free-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/216240\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | World Cup Ticket Prices Soar While Some Local Kids Get Free Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Ticket prices for the FIFA World Cup 2026 are raising concerns about affordability, with some seats costing thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">According to FIFA&#8217;s website, the cheapest tickets for the MetLife Stadium games are around $1,800, while seats for the final start at more than $16,000. Many argue this puts the event completely out of reach for most fans.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">But in Queens, some kids got the opportunity of a lifetime. Soccer players at the Jamaica YMCA were among the first batch of kids to get free World Cup tickets. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Airbnb announced it will give away 1,000 tickets to youth across New York and New Jersey, in a move that would expand youth access to the high-priced games. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;It&#8217;s really important that when the World Cup comes to New York and New Jersey, that everyday folks are able to participate in this really generational opportunity,&#8221; said Airbnb spokesperson Kevin Munoz.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The company is partnering with local organizations to select recipients who have a love for soccer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ticket prices for the FIFA World Cup 2026 are raising concerns about affordability, with some seats costing thousands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-216240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}