Overview

• Initial presale windows revealed steep face values, with the U.S. opener in Los Angeles starting around $560 for upper-tier seats and rising to roughly $2,735, and the final priced from $2,030 to about $6,370.
• $60 tickets exist largely for group-stage games in uppermost sections and were reported to be extremely scarce.
• FIFA’s official resale system in the U.S. and Canada applies a 15% fee to buyers and another 15% to sellers, while Mexican regulations cap resales at face value.
• A Mirror probe found FIFA’s own resale site showing final tickets between $17,900 and $50,000, and secondary listings for the USA’s first match ranging roughly from $2,998 to $8,859.
• FIFA defends demand-based pricing as standard practice and says tournament revenue is reinvested, with further ticket phases set to continue before the Dec. 5 draw.