{"id":3185,"date":"2026-04-11T20:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:08:17","slug":"fifa-adds-new-even-more-expensive-world-cup-ticket-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3185","title":{"rendered":"FIFA adds new even more expensive World Cup ticket categories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>FIFA added new, even more expensive tiers of tickets for this year\u2019s World Cup, asking up to $4,105 for a front category 1 seat at the U.S. opener against Paraguay in Inglewood, California, on June 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, FIFA had asked for a top price of $2,735 for category 1 tickets for the match but added new \u201cfront category\u201d pricing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ayra Starr - Goodbye (Warm Up) ft. Asake (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/22PZkwJpu9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA also added a front category 2 tier to its ticket 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\n\n\n<p>The World Cup will be held from June 11 to July 19 in 16 cities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soccer\u2019s governing body had in its Sept. 9 \u201cticket products and categories\u201d information called category 1 \u201cthe highest-priced seats, located primarily in the lower tier\u201d but appears to have withheld some seats from that category. It had labeled category 2 as \u201cpositioned outside of category 1 areas, available in both lower and upper tiers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA did not respond to an email sent to its media office seeking comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA added seats at up to $3,360 in front category 1 for Canada\u2019s opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 12 in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For round of 16 games, it added $905 seats in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA last week raised its top ticket price for the World Cup final to $10,990 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\n\n\n<p>FIFA\u2019s 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\n\n\n<p>No tickets appeared to be available for the final on Thursday on FIFA&#8217;s ticket site. <a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/sports\/fifa-adds-new-even-more-expensive-world-cup-ticket-categories\">(JapanToday)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA added new, even more expensive tiers of tickets for this year\u2019s World Cup, asking up to $4,105 for a front category 1 seat at the U.S. opener against Paraguay in Inglewood, California, on June 12. 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