{"id":575085,"date":"2026-04-10T02:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575085\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T02:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:35:07","slug":"fifa-adds-new-more-expensive-world-cup-ticket-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575085\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA adds new, more expensive, World Cup ticket categories"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIFA added new, even more expensive tiers of tickets for this year’s World Cup, asking up to $4,105 for a front category 1 seat at the United States<\/a> opener against Paraguay<\/a> in Inglewood, California, on June 12.<\/p>\n

Last week, FIFA had asked for a top price of $2,735 for category 1 tickets for the match but added new “front category” pricing.<\/p>\n

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FIFA also added a front category 2 tier to its sales website without public announcement, asking $1,940 to $2,330 for those tickets for the U.S. opener. The new categories were first reported Thursday by The Athletic.<\/p>\n

The World Cup will be held from June 11 to July 19 in 16 cities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n

Soccer’s governing body had in its Sept. 9 “ticket products and categories” information called category 1 “the highest-priced seats, located primarily in the lower tier” but appears to have withheld some seats from that category.<\/p>\n

It had labeled category 2 as “positioned outside of category 1 areas, available in both lower and upper tiers.”<\/p>\n

FIFA did not respond to an email sent to its media office seeking comment.<\/p>\n

The world soccer governing body also added seats at up to $3,360 in front category 1 for Canada’s opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 12 in Toronto.<\/p>\n

For round-of-16 games, it added $905 seats in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

FIFA last week raised its top ticket price for the World Cup final to $10,990<\/a> during the glitch-hampered reopening of sales. The price had been $8,680 when FIFA sold tickets after the tournament draw in December.<\/p>\n

FIFA’s category 2 tickets for the July 19 game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, were $7,380, up from $5,575, and category 3 cost $5,785, an increase from $4,185.<\/p>\n

No tickets for the final appeared to be available Thursday on FIFA’s ticket site.<\/p>\n

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has repeatedly said that all 104 matches of the 2026 World Cup will be sold out. After initial backlash from fans over exorbitant costs, a “supporters-tier” category of tickets was added in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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