FIFA World Cup ticket requests surpass 500 million
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Some rental hosts are charging $16,000, or more, for a three-night stay during the weekend of the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium.
In the latest ticketing phase, known as the Random Selection Draw, some face-value Group Stage seats cost as much as $700. Most tickets for the final were listed for thousands of dollars.
North America will be the center of the sporting world during the summer of 2026 as the World Cup will be held in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
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New Jersey Airbnb hosts charging $17K for weekend stays during the World Cup Final this summer
A small cluster of Airbnb listings near MetLife Stadium in New Jersey is testing how much fans will pay to stay close to the action.
Here is United States' World Cup group stage opponents, which stadiums they will play at, and the times for the games.
US gets five World Cups in the preliminary Alpine schedule for the 2026-27 season, including the World Cup finals in Sun Valley, Idaho.
The 500-plus million 2026 World Cup ticket requests — which likely represent demand for more than 1 billion tickets, with each request being for 1-4 tickets — suggest the World Cup as a whole is oversubscribed, though a match-by-match breakdown might tell a slightly different story.
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