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World Cup tickets: $11,000 tickets put on sale for final

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 1514 words · By Dale Johnson
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What to know about World Cup tickets: $11,000 tickets put on sale for final

The $11k World Cup final ticket - what we learned from first open sale - Published The first open sale of tickets for the 2026 World Cup showed Fifa is charging up to $10,990 (£8,333) to be at the final.

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What happened

The $11k World Cup final ticket - what we learned from first open sale - Published The first open sale of tickets for the 2026 World Cup showed Fifa is charging up to $10,990 (£8,333) to be at the final.

Why it matters

It is thought to be the most expensive ever general admission to a football match, based on box office prices rather than the resale market.

Common ground

In its World Cup bid book, the US, Canada and Mexico said tickets to the final would cost a maximum of $1,550 (£1,174).

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce8lzj0rprpo

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The USA's opening game against Paraguay on 13 June had the most tickets still on sale, with 1,406 category one tickets priced at $2,735 (£2,072).”
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Claim 2: “Ticket prices for the World Cup final increased by as much as 38% in the open sale compared to December's release.”
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Claim 3: “Category three increased 38.23% from $4,185 (£3,173) to $5,785 (£4,386).”
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Claim 4: “Concannon said that the cost of attending the World Cup will be 'well into the thousands, if not over £10,000' for just a few games when all costs are taken into account.”
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Claim 5: “The situation was no different on Wednesday, with fans given no details of the 'last-minute sales' and sent into incorrect ticket queues.”
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Claim 6: “Fifa charges both buyer and seller a 15% fee on top of this.”
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Claim 7: “Category two was up 32.78% from $5,575 (£4,227) to $7,380 (£5,596).”
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Claim 8: “Canada's first match against Bosnia-Herzegovina was the only other match with relatively good supply - 846 category one tickets still on sale at a cost of $2,240 (£1,697).”
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Claim 9: “Tickets on the official resale platform, which reopened on Thursday, are being priced even higher. One seller was seeking $82,780 (£62,646) for one ticket.”
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Claim 10: “In its World Cup bid book, the US, Canada and Mexico said tickets to the final would cost a maximum of $1,550 (£1,174).”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2025, a trade war started by the United States, against Canada and Mexico began when the U.S. president Donald Trump signed orders imposing near-universal tariffs on goods from the two …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_United_States_trade_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Canada and the United States have had a long and complex relationship that has had a significant impact on each other's history, economy, and shared culture. The two countries have long considered the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) is a free trade agreement among the United States, Mexico, and Canada, in effect from July 1, 2020. It…
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Claim 11: “For England's opening game against Croatia, a $60 (£4 данного) ticket was on the site for $1,499 (£1,133).”
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Claim 12: “Tickets for the Qatar World Cup final in 2022 cost the equivalent of $1,604 (£1,214) for the top-priced seat.”
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Claim 13: “The first open sale of tickets for the 2026 World Cup showed Fifa is charging up to $10,990 (£8,333) to be at the final.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification decided the 45 teams that joined hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Qualification began on 7 September 2023 with three matche…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualificat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification competition acted as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States, for national teams that a…
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Claim 14: “By the time tickets went on sale to members of each country's official supporters' club in December, the most expensive was listed at $8,680 (£6,581).”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — May December is a 2023 American psychological black comedy drama film directed by Todd Haynes from a screenplay by Samy Burch, based on a story by Burch and Alex Mechanik. It stars Natalie Portman as …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jorge Luiz Frello Filho (born 20 December 1991), known as Jorginho, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo. Born in Brazil, h…
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