{"id":329528,"date":"2026-06-09T19:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/329528\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T19:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:27:08","slug":"texas-investigates-world-cup-ticketing-after-fans-complain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/329528\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas investigates World Cup ticketing after fans complain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 Attorney General\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/ken-paxton\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Paxton<\/a> said Tuesday his office will investigate FIFA over allegations the international soccer governing body pulled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/article\/one-big-scam-wait-world-cup-seats-at-t-22230703.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bait-and-switch<\/a> scheme with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/world-cup\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup fans<\/a>, delivering tickets with worse views than originally advertised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will work to ensure that\u00a0FIFA is engaging in ethical and honest business practices so that Texas fans are treated fairly,\u201d Paxton said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as Arlington and Houston are set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/world-cup-dallas-work-from-home-22276920.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">host World Cup matches<\/a> in the coming weeks. FIFA did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Paxton\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The global soccer giant previously said early color-coded stadium seating maps were intended to be \u201cguidelines\u201d for fans rather than a precise layout of seats in each price category.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA inquiry is the latest in a series of publicly announced investigations and lawsuits Paxton has unveiled since launching his Senate campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/article\/cornyn-paxton-senate-race-heats-up-ag-public-22253455.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A review last month<\/a> by The Dallas Morning News found targets who called the investigations politically motivated, saying they were forced to respond to state demands even when cases produced little evidence of misconduct or no apparent outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton\u2019s office declined to make him available for an interview or respond to questions from The News about his approach to publicizing investigations.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA has drawn complaints from fans that the World Cup seems designed to soak them for as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Complicated ticketing practices have left many soccer enthusiasts bewildered and angry.<\/p>\n<p>The AG\u2019s office said in its news release that fans are paying large sums to attend World Cup matches, with premium seats at the final topping $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton\u2019s office has received several consumer complaints, according to the release, prompting an investigation into whether FIFA violated state consumer protection laws by misrepresenting seat classifications at the time of purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2013 Attorney General\u00a0Ken Paxton said Tuesday his office will investigate FIFA over allegations the international soccer governing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28,91242,91241,90369,87906],"class_list":["post-329528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tp-john-cornyn","tag-tp-ken-paxton","tag-tp-sports-business","tag-tp-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}