Astronomical prices for the 2026 World Cup final.

FIFA has raised the prices of its best available tickets for the 2026 World Cup final, set to take place in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, by three times.

The price of seats available for the final match, which will be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19, has reached 32,970 US dollars.

FIFA has listed these seats in the front row category on its sales website.

Previously, the price for the first category was 10,990 dollars, as this category was only available on Thursday night as seats designated for people with disabilities.

As for the tickets for the semi-final match to be held on July 14 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, they were offered at prices of 11,130 dollars, 4,330 dollars, 3,710 dollars, and 2,705 dollars.

In contrast, the prices for the other semi-final match, which will take place the following day at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, were 10,635 dollars, 3,545 dollars, and 2,725 dollars.

The prices for tickets to the opening match of the US team in the World Cup against Paraguay on June 12 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, ranged from 2,735 to 1,940 to 1,120 dollars, while the prices for the match against Australia in Seattle on the 19th of the same month reached 2,715 dollars.

As for the tickets for the last match of the United States team in the group stage against Turkey in Inglewood on June 25, they ranged from 2,970 to 1,345 to 990 to 840 US dollars.

Swiss Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, defended the World Cup ticket prices, stating last Tuesday at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California: "We need to look at the market. We are in a market where the entertainment sector is the most developed in the world, so we have to apply market prices."

Infantino added: "In the United States, ticket resale is also allowed, so if tickets are sold at a very low price, they will be resold at a much higher price. In fact, although some say our ticket prices are high, they are sold in the resale market at a much higher price, more than double their original price."