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04/21 11:18 CDT FIFA to put more more World Cup tickets on sale after adding
new, more expensive categories
FIFA to put more more World Cup tickets on sale after adding new, more
expensive categories
By The Associated Press
FIFA is putting more World Cup tickets on sale after angering some fans by
adding new, more expensive categories.
Soccer's governing body announced Tuesday it will make more tickets available
at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday for all 104 games in Categories 1, 2 and 3 plus the
new "front category" pricing it added this month.
The new category sparked online complaints from fans who said they thought the
better seats in the categories they had bought tickets for were withheld and
they were assigned less favorable locations.
FIFA in December put tickets on sale at prices ranging from $140 for Category 3
in the first round to $8,680 for the final, then raised prices to as much as
$10,990 when sales reopened on April 1.
FIFA did not respond to an April 9 request for comment about the new ticket
categories it added.
Also Tuesday, The Athletic reported that tickets sales are lagging for the U.S.
opener against Paraguay on June 12 at Inglewood, California. It said a document
distributed to local organizers dated April 10 said 40,934 tickets had been
purchased for the U.S.-Paraguay game and 50,661 for the Iran-New Zealand
contest on April 15. FIFA projects SoFi's World Cup capacity at about 69,650,
noting it may change.
FIFA's December sale priced U.S.-Paraguay tickets at $1,120, $1,940 and $2,735,
and Iran-New Zealand seats at $140, $380 and $450.
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