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Infantino defends World Cup ticket prices
Key takeaways
- FIFA has faced searing criticism over the cost of World Cup tickets, with fan organization Football Supporters Europe (FSE) branding the pricing structure “extortionate” and a “monumental betrayal”.
- FSE filed a lawsuit with the European Commission in March targeting FIFA over “excessive ticket prices” for the tournament.
- FIFA’s own World Cup resale website, FIFA Marketplace, last week advertised four tickets to the July 19 final in New York at a cost of more than $2 million each.
Why this matters: local context for readers following news across Pakistan and the region.
Add ARY News on Google AAResize FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Tuesday defended World Cup ticket prices, insisting that football’s global governing body was obliged to take advantage of US laws that allow tickets to be resold for thousands of dollars above face value.
FIFA has faced searing criticism over the cost of World Cup tickets, with fan organization Football Supporters Europe (FSE) branding the pricing structure “extortionate” and a “monumental betrayal”.
FSE filed a lawsuit with the European Commission in March targeting FIFA over “excessive ticket prices” for the tournament.
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