Overview
- Listings on FIFA’s exchange show individual seats for the July 19 final at MetLife Stadium priced around $2.3 million, with the tickets located behind the goal in the lower tier.
- FIFA does not cap prices on its resale platform and takes a 15% commission on each transaction, which would be about $690,000 from a $2.3 million ticket.
- Supporters’ group FSE and consumer organization Euroconsumers have filed a complaint to the European Commission alleging abuse of dominance and unfair, opaque buying rules.
- Prices on the official exchange have surged from a top listing near $230,000 in January to multimillion-dollar offers, while other seats have been seen starting around $10,924.
- Fans also face higher local costs to attend, with round-trip rail fares to MetLife Stadium cited near $150 compared with typical prices of about $12.90.