USA vs Paraguay among World Cup games with unsold, exorbitant tickets

Tickets for the cohosts’ opening game in Los Angeles are available for prices ranging between $1,120 and $6,050.With under 40 days to go until the World Cup, tournament organisers continue to struggle with ticket sales as seats remain available for most group-stage games, albeit at exorbitant prices.Home fans can find tickets for tournament cohost United States’ (USA) opener against Paraguay, with prices starting at $1,120 and going as high as $4,105, with many tickets priced around $2,000 for the June 12 match in Los Angeles. Seats in the hospitality package groupings go as high as $6,050 per seat.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4World Cup fans outraged by US transit prices for 2026 FIFA eventslist 2 of 4US confirms transit fare spike to $150 for World Cup fans in New Jerseylist 3 of 4Infantino defends World Cup pricing in ‘very special’ US marketlist 4 of 4FIFA unlocks more World Cup tickets and adds new, more expensive categoriesend of listTickets are still available on FIFA’s official website through its “last-minute sales” section.Football fans are already outraged by exorbitant match prices — the most expensive ticket for the final costs nearly $11,000 — since the first phase of ticket sales in December. Late last month, FIFA announced yet another “last-minute ticket phase” with tickets for all 104 matches available on a first-come, first-served basis.The stagnant sales contradict FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s assertion in January that demand for tickets for this year’s tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico would be the equivalent of “1,000 years of World Cups at once”.Experts attribute dynamic pricing and greed as key factors, with fans saying they have been “priced out” by FIFA.While many in the US are accustomed to the pricing model commonly adopted at the Super Bowl, fans from around the world are not used to dynamic pricing and legal profiting from ticket resales, sports executive Peter Moore told Al Jazeera in a recent interview.