NEW YORK (AP) — FIFA has about 1,200 Category 2 tickets on sale for $7,380 when they go on sale Friday for the World Cup final, to be held July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The governing body’s last-minute ticketing site, which sometimes showed the game as sold out, had 1,178 seats available in five sections along the top deck sideline. The 344th section had 282 seats, the 343rd section had 299 seats, the 335th section had 139 seats, the 334th section had 443 seats, and the 333rd section had 15 seats.
FIFA was also selling 68 Front Category 1 tickets in the Lower Deck at prices ranging from $19,995 to $32,970, and the remaining hospitality tickets in the Trophy Lounge and Trophy Lounge+ sections at prices including food and beverages for $34,500 and $32,500.
Football’s governing body did not immediately respond to a request for details on why the additional tickets were made available.
In addition, FIFA is selling tickets for Saturday’s quarterfinal game between Argentina and Switzerland at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, from $1,600 to $3,995.
Resale tickets for the final were on sale on FIFA’s Marketplace at prices ranging from $7,440.50 to $11,499,998.85.
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