Fans looking to catch the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup between Mexico and South Africa might be shocked by ticket prices.
Some resale tickets are said to be going for as much as $50,000.The match is set to happen at the famous Estadio Azteca in Mexico City and will be the opening game of the historic tournament shared by Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
Ticket prices have drawn a lot of complaints from fans and officials alike. Listings on the resale site Viagogo show that premium seats for the opening game are going for about $50,124, even though earlier reports said prices had gone up to around $77,700.The controversy mostly comes from the fact that ticket resale rules vary between the host countries.
FIFA has set up its own resale system in the United States and Canada, where it takes a 30 percent cut from secondary sales, but Mexico’s tougher laws have stopped that system from running there.
Tickets for matches in Mexico are being sold on independent resale websites, which is causing prices to vary a lot.FIFA had said before that only a few tickets, around 1, would be available.About 6 percent of the total tickets would cost around $60 throughout the tournament, but there’s still huge demand for the big games.
