FIFA’s Plan for Affordable World Cup Tickets Fails to Calm Fans |
Supporter groups warn that high prices and costly accessible tickets are pricing ordinary fans out of the tournament. Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Seeing the 2026 World Cup in person will be extremely expensive. Tickets for early matches currently range from about $140 to more than $2,700, while the cheapest seat for the final is priced at $4,185. The soccer fan network Football Supporters Europe (FSE) estimates that fans traveling from Europe will spend at least $6,900 to follow their team all the way to the final—nearly five times what it cost during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Those prices are also a far cry from the $21 seats promised by organizers in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. in a 2018 bid document.
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