{"id":39921,"date":"2026-07-18T09:18:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39921"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:43:03","slug":"world-cup-final-tickets-soar-above-7-500","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/world-cup-final-tickets-soar-above-7-500\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup final tickets soar above $7 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Tickets for the 2026 World Cup final continue to rise leading up to Sunday\u2019s match between Argentina and Spain at New York New Jersey Stadium.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">After the get-in price dropped as low as $6 636 on Monday, the three-day average rebounded to $7 612 by <span dir=\"ltr\">Friday morning<\/span>, according to ticket-tracking service\u00a0TicketData.com. The three-day average is now up 10%.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By comparison, the get-in price for Argentina\u2019s semifinal victory over England settled at $3 177 by kickoff, while France\u2019s win over Spain commanded less than half that at $1 315.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The get-in price for Saturday\u2019s third-place match between France and England in Miami is $653, having plummeted 61% over the past three days.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sunday\u2019s final will kick off <span dir=\"ltr\">at 3 pm ET<\/span> in East Rutherford, NJ, between a pair of global powerhouses. It will conclude the largest World Cup in history, with the White House confirming that United States President Donald Trump will attend.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The get-in price for tickets to the final peaked at $13 650 back in October before dipping as low as $6 336 a month later. They had risen back to above $8 000 when the tournament began on June 11 and the get-in price reached $12 129 on June 23 before declining again.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Through 102 matches across 16 cities, the median get-in price has been $916.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35279,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,20],"class_list":["post-39921","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The get-in price for tickets to the final peaked at $13 650 back in October before dipping as low as $6 336 a month later.","published_date":"","news_description":"The get-in price for tickets to the final peaked at $13 650 back in October before dipping as low as $6 336 a month later.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39923,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39921\/revisions\/39923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}