{"id":370627,"date":"2026-07-12T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/370627\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T23:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:22:13","slug":"prices-for-world-cup-france-vs-spain-semifinal-tickets-have-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/370627\/","title":{"rendered":"Prices for World Cup France vs. Spain semifinal tickets have dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news: Prices for the cheapest tickets to Tuesday\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/world-cup\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> semifinal at Dallas Stadium dropped by 60% since the United States lost in the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Bad news: The cheapest ticket on the secondary market still costs more than $1,600 to watch France against Spain in the ninth and final World Cup match in Arlington, according to ticketing platform StubHub.<\/p>\n<p>The highly anticipated\u00a0matchup has strong star power with two of the world\u2019s brightest, France\u2019s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9\u00a0and Spain\u2019s 18-year-old phenom Lamine Yamal.<\/p>\n<p>The price tag is nearly as expensive as any of the other eight World Cup matches in D-FW, but notably cheaper than ticket prices for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/article\/insane-aftermarket-ticket-prices-22312638.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two appearances<\/a> global superstar Lionel Messi made with Argentina during the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Before the U.S. exited the tournament with its loss to Belgium in Seattle, the asking price for the semifinal had skyrocketed to some $4,000 as fans salivated over the prospect of a U.S.-France match.<\/p>\n<p>France, which finished second in the 2022 World Cup, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/world-cup\/article\/mbappe-ties-messi-france-dallas-semifinal-22339699.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beat Morocco 2-0<\/a> on Thursday to advance to its third consecutive semifinal in the global event. On Friday, Spain conceded its first goal of the World Cup but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/world-cup\/article\/mikel-merino-spain-world-cup-semifinal-dallas-22341025.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beat Belgium 2-1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fans who won the FIFA ticketing lottery months ago had the chance to purchase tickets at a fixed price. Now, with the semifinal matchup set for Tuesday, fans are encountering a much different ticketing market. Asking prices on the secondary market remain very high, even with the U.S. team eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stadium is hosting more World Cup matches than any city. The World Cup\u2019s other semifinal, Argentina-England, will be played in Atlanta on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good news: Prices for the cheapest tickets to Tuesday\u2019s\u00a0World Cup semifinal at Dallas Stadium dropped by 60% since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[910,102,104,103,95926,6736,87906,3692],"class_list":["post-370627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-business","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-stadium","tag-france","tag-tp-world-cup","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370627","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=370627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}