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The World Cup starts connected Thursday (June 11, 2026), and FIFA is charging grounds prices astatine the 11 stadiums successful the United States, 3 successful Mexico and 2 successful Canada.
FIFA is utilizing dynamic pricing and has repeatedly raised the prices since tickets archetypal went connected merchantability past fall. FIFA president Gianni Infantino defended those prices connected Wednesday (JUne 10, 2026) arsenic fitting successful the North American market, but they person been criticized for database prices that person reached 5 figures.
Here's wherever things basal connected the eve of the World Cup opener:
Several venues person sold out, but determination are seats disposable for astir games.
On the eve of the tournament, 29 games were sold retired (with wheelchair seats disposable for immoderate of those) and 75 had tickets remaining, including some semifinals, each 4 quarterfinals, 5 circular of 16 matches and 14 of 16 games successful the caller circular of 32. That's successful summation to unreleased knockout-stage tickets that won't beryllium disposable until FIFA knows which teams person precocious to circumstantial matches.
Many of those disposable tickets are successful the high-priced class 1 and class 2 levels added by FIFA successful April.
Several 100 seats, each costing 4 figures, were disposable for the semifinal successful Arlington, Texas, but conscionable implicit 20 were connected merchantability for the Atlanta semifinal connected FIFA's authoritative tickets site.
There aren't galore comparatively inexpensive seats left
Category 3 seats, the lowest-priced category, remained for conscionable 3 matches. Two of those were high-priced to statesman with.
Those lower-priced tickets for the US opener against Paraguay connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) astatine Inglewood, California, could beryllium bought for $1,120 — but conscionable 2 remained. Other disposable prices for the crippled were $4,105, $2,735, $2,330 and $1,645. More than 100 tickets were listed arsenic available.
Category 3 besides was disposable for Canada's opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) astatine Toronto for $980 on with seats astatine $2,240 and $1,645.
Category 3 seats priced astatine $180 remained for conscionable 1 match, Egypt vs Iran astatine Seattle connected June 26, and much than 370 were connected sale. Several 100 tickets besides were disposable astatine USD 1,000, USD 875 and USD 550.
More tickets volition go disposable person to lucifer days
Infantino said that "there are ever tickets connected sale." In summation to tickets fixed backmost to FIFA, the governing assemblage holds backmost seats.
"We besides request ever to support immoderate tickets for those teams who suffice for the further rounds," helium said.
There are immoderate amended deals disposable connected resale markets
FIFA has its ain resale marketplace, wherever it collects 15 per cent from some the purchaser and seller.
In addition, different resale sites specified astatine StubHub and SeatGeek person tickets for sale.
FIFA's resale tract has tickets for the Paraguay-U.S. crippled starting astatine $661.25 and SeatGeek starting astatine $920. England's crippled against Croatia astatine Arlington, Texas, connected June 17 started astatine $880 connected Seat Geek and $850 connected FIFA.
Tickets for the July 19 last astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, started astatine $7,986 connected SeatGeek, $8,775 connected StubHub and $9,085 connected FIFA.
