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04/23 13:34 CDT 4 tickets to World Cup final are listed on FIFA's resale site
for more than $2 million
4 tickets to World Cup final are listed on FIFA's resale site for more than $2
million
By The Associated Press
FIFA's resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just
under $2.3 million each.
The $2,299,998.85 seats for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East
Rutherford, New Jersey, are located behind a goal in the lower deck in block
124, row 45, seats 33-36.
FIFA does not control the asking prices on its Resale/Exchange Marketplace but
takes a 15% purchase fee from the buyer of each ticket and a 15% resale fee
from the seller.
An aisle seat 33 in block 146, row 32 of the lower deck listed as easy access
standard was listed at $207,000, while a category two seat in the last row of
the uppermost third deck was listed at $138,000 for block 310, row 26, seat 23.
A few feet away, seat 21 has an asking price of $23,000.
The lowest-priced tickets for the final listed Thursday on the Marketplace were
$10,923.85 for four seats four rows from the top of the upper deck behind a
goal, in block 323, row 23, seats 13-16.
FIFA did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
FIFA put new blocks of tickets on sale Wednesday on its direct tickets site.
Available tickets for the final cost $10,990.
Tickets were available from FIFA at $11,130 for the July 14 semifinal in
Arlington, Texas, and at $9,660 and $4,360 for the July 15 semifinal in Atlanta.
Prices for the U.S. opener against Paraguay on June 12 at Inglewood,
California, were listed at $4.,105, $2,735, $2,330 and $1,940, while seats for
the Americans' second match against Australia on June 19 at Seattle cost
$2,715. Tickets for the U.S. group stage finale against Turkey on June 25 at
Inglewood cost $2,970 and $1,345.
Canada's opener vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 12 at Toronto was available
for $3,360, $2,240, $1,645 and $980.
No tickets were listed directly by FIFA for the June 11 tournament opener
between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City.
For the quarterfinals, available tickets were $4,200 and $1,610 for the July 9
match at Foxborough, Massachusetts; $5,730 for the July 10 game in Inglewood;
$4.770 and $1,815 for the July 11 match at Miami Gardens, Florida, and $4,080
for the July 11 game at Kansas City, Missouri.
Tickets for the third-place game at Miami Gardens on July 18 could be purchased
at $1,125.
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