World Cup tickets go back on sale April 1 through the end of the tournament.
FIFA’s fourth and final ticket sales phase opens April 1 and remains open until the end of the tournament, with tickets made available to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. Everybody wants a seat at this summer’s World Cup in North America, staged across host nations United States, Canada and Mexico, but many will miss out entirely.
There are more tickets on sale for the newly-expanded, 48-team tournament than ever before, with FIFA set to break the all-time World Cup attendance record of 3.5 million set in 1994, the last time the U.S. hosted the tournament; however, due to the exorbitant pricing for matches all the way from the group stage to the final, a number of fans will not be able to afford this summer’s festival of soccer. FIFA’s decision to employ dynamic pricing for the event has been widely criticized after immediate and exponential surges in price. There has even been aHow Do 2026 World Cup Ticket Prices Compare to 1994? Prices to attend the most desirable matches have shot through the roof. | Salih Zeki Fazlioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The last World Cup hosted by a North American nation was the 1994 tournament, staged across the United States. A stellar edition of soccer’s most prestigious competition raised the game’s profile in America and educated fans on the sport, with ticket packages even including a layman’s guide to understanding the game. The yellow pamphlet, titled “This is your guide to World Cup soccer,” included the definitions of key soccer terms like corner kick, striker and throw-in., prices ranged from $25 to $475 for matches across the tournament. However, prices rose significantly for the final between Brazil and Italy, with tickets setting some supporters backMeasured with the inflation rates in 2026, that means tickets generally ranged from around $55 to $1,050, with the cost of seeing the World Cup final at its upper limit equating to roughly $3,300 in today’s money. Even adjusting for inflation, though, the 1994 tickets are still much cheaper than prices in 2026. The minimum price for standard tickets is $60 for the upcoming tournament—with only a small portion of tickets available at this price point—while the most expensive ones for the final come in at $7,875. For a supporter looking to attend eight matches at the 2026 World Cup—one in each round—it would set them back approximately $6,900 for the cheapest category ticket for each fixture, according toTo provide a more recent contrast, to have seen a match in each round of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar—admittedly just seven games in that instance—would have cost approximately $1,950 at its cheapest and $5,200 at its most expensive.Train fares will likely go through the roof this summer. | Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Tickets prices aren’t the only exorbitant fee that fans will have to pay to see their favorite teams this World Cup. The transportation to and from the stadium will come at a premium. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority plans to nearly quadruple its usual prices for round-trip train tickets from central Boston to Boston Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. during the World Cup, according to Riders may be charged more than $75 per-person for the 27-mile journey, a steep increase from the $20 MBTA typically charges for NFL and MLS game day travel.Ewan Ross-Murray is a freelance soccer writer who focuses primarily on the Premier League. Ewan was born in Leicester, but his heart, and club allegiance, belongs to Liverpool.Sophia Vesely is a writer, reporter and editor for SI FC, with an emphasis on North American coverage. Her experience comes from regional journalism as a former sports reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, Dallas Morning News and Seattle Times. Vesely graduated from Swarthmore College, where she played collegiate soccer as a wingback. She specializes in MLS, NWSL and NCAA soccer.
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