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A German Court Just Confirmed What World Cup Ticket Buyers Suspected All Tournament. It’s Too Late to Matter.

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Landgericht Frankfurt, the Frankfurt Regional Court that issued the injunction against FIFA's World Cup ticketing practices

A German court just put a legal label on something FootyGazette has been documenting in dollars and cents all tournament: FIFA’s ticketing operation runs on what a judge is now willing to call, in writing, “manipulative design features.” The Frankfurt Regional Court granted a preliminary injunction against FIFA this month after a challenge from Ticombo, … Read more

StubHub’s World Cup Lawsuit Exposes a Liability Nobody Wants to Own

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Exterior of SoFi Stadium, where a canceled World Cup ticket sparked the StubHub lawsuit

Two Californians filed a federal lawsuit against StubHub the week of July 2, and the case reads like a receipt for everything that’s gone wrong with World Cup ticketing this summer. Julia Reeker Moghal paid $1,905 for three tickets to the June 18 Switzerland-Bosnia and Herzegovina match at SoFi Stadium. She stood outside the gates … Read more

World Cup Ticket Prices Are Crashing. FIFA Still Gets Its Cut.

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Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, host of the France vs Morocco World Cup 2026 quarterfinal

World Cup 2026 quarterfinal ticket prices didn’t drift down this week. They fell off a cliff. The average get-in price across the four remaining quarterfinals dropped 31.5% in a single day and 50.4% over three days, according to SeatPick data reported by Forbes on July 7. The cheapest ticket for the Los Angeles-area quarterfinal between … Read more