Overview

• Official figures show over 340,000 spectators at the first three matchdays, averaging 42,500 per game
• FIFA reports nearly 1.5 million tickets sold across all 63 matches leading up to the July 13 final
• Despite marquee sell-outs in Miami and Pasadena, fixtures at MetLife and the Mercedes-Benz Stadium filled fewer than half of available seats
• U.S. FIFA staff had proposed using smaller MLS venues to boost atmosphere but headquarters in Zurich insisted on large American football stadiums
• FIFA president Gianni Infantino hailed the turnout as a “mighty demonstration of the global appeal” of club football