WC Final Tickets Listed on…

WC Final Tickets Listed on…

FIFA’s resale marketplace features four tickets for the upcoming World Cup final, priced at just under $2.3 million each.

The tickets, costing $2,299,998.85 each, are for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, situated in Block 124, Row 45, Seats 33-36 behind one of the goals in the lower deck.

While FIFA doesn’t set the resale prices on its FIFA Resale/Exchange Marketplace, it does impose a 15% fee on the buyer for each ticket sold and a similar fee on the seller.

An aisle seat (No. 33) in Block 146, Row 32, described as having easy access, was listed at $207,000. In contrast, a Category 2 seat in the last row of the upper tier, Block 310, Row 26, Seat 23, has a price tag of $138,000. Another nearby seat, Seat 21, is priced at $23,000.

The lowest-priced tickets for the final available on the Marketplace as of Thursday were listed at $10,923.85 for four seats located just four rows from the top of the upper deck behind a goal: Block 323, Row 23, Seats 13-16.

FIFA has not yet responded to requests for comment regarding these prices.

The governing body of world soccer released additional blocks of tickets on Wednesday through its official ticketing site, where tickets for the final are offered at $10,990.

For the July 14 semifinal in Arlington, Texas, tickets were priced at $11,130, while for the July 15 semifinal in Atlanta, they were available at $9,660 and $4,360.

Tickets for the United States’ opening match against Paraguay on June 12 in Inglewood, California, were listed at $4,105, $2,735, $2,330, and $1,940. For their second match against Australia on June 19 in Seattle, prices were set at $2,715, while the U.S. group stage finale against Türkiye on June 25 in Inglewood cost $2,970 and $1,345.

Canada’s opener versus Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 12 in Toronto was available for prices ranging from $3,360 to $980.

No tickets were listed directly by FIFA for the tournament opener on June 11, featuring Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City.

For the quarterfinals, ticket prices ranged from $4,200 and $1,610 for the July 9 match in Foxborough, Massachusetts, to $4,080 for the July 11 game in Kansas City, Missouri. Inglewood’s game on July 10 saw tickets priced at $5,730, while Miami Gardens hosted a match on July 11 with tickets at $4,770 and $1,815.

Tickets for the third-place match in Miami Gardens on July 18 could be purchased for $1,125.

This report incorporates information from The Associated Press.