World Cup final tickets listed on FIFA resale at over $2M - ESPN
FIFA's resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under $2.3 million each.
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4 tickets to World Cup final are listed on FIFA’s resale site for more than $2m
GENEVA: 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 percent purchase fee from the buyer of each ticket and a 15 percent 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.
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