4 tickets to World Cup final are listed on Fifa’s resale site for more than US$2 million each

Fifa’s resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under US$2.3 million each.

The $2,299,998.85 seats for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, are located behind a goal in the lower deck in block 124, row 45, seats 33-36.

Fifa does not control the asking prices on its Resale/Exchange Marketplace but takes a 15 per cent purchase fee from the buyer of each ticket and a 15 per cent resale fee from the seller.

An aisle seat 33 in block 146, row 32 of the lower deck listed as easy access standard was listed at US$207,000, while a category two seat in the last row of the uppermost third deck was listed at US$138,000 for block 310, row 26, seat 23. A few metres away, seat 21 has an asking price of US$23,000.

The lowest-priced tickets for the final listed on Thursday on the Marketplace were US$10,923.85 for four seats four rows from the top of the upper deck behind a goal, in block 323, row 23, seats 13-16.

“Fifa has established a ticket sales and secondary market model that reflects standard ticket market practices for major sporting and entertainment events across the host countries,” the governing body said in a statement.

“The applicable resale facilitation fees are aligned with industry standards across North American sports and entertainment sectors.