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FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets: What to know as lottery results are revealed
Thursday, Feb. 5 is a significant day for many fans on the road to the 2026 World Cup, as the results of the Random Selection Draw ticket application lottery are revealed.
The most recent phase of ticket sales ran from Dec. 11 to Jan. 13, with FIFA saying that it received more than 500 million requests for this summer's tournament.
The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest in history, featuring 48 teams for the first time. The 104 games will be spread across the United States, Mexico and Canada, with the U.S. hosting the majority.
As fans start to get the news — good or bad — here is everything you need to know about the most recent phase of ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup.
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This article appears in the February 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Read more from the issue.
As the World Cup takes up temporary residence in American cities this summer, FIFA has embraced a familiar opportunity: permission to price-gouge. Ticket prices for soccer’s premier tournament have in some cases topped $80,000. FIFA insists its hands are tied, blaming domestic market conditions.
In the United States, those conditions have a name: Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, which controls ticketing for roughly 80 percent of the country’s most popular arenas. In the absence of meaningful competition, Ticketmaster uses dynamic pricing and junk fees to ratchet up event prices. In the secondary market, firms like StubHub and SeatGeek rely on similar tactics. With price-gougers holding a death grip on the market, the vast majority of music artists and sports teams have little choice but to participate in an extractive pricing system.
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World Cup parking for $300? FIFA selling spots at L.A. games for more than tickets
SoFi Stadium outside Los Angeles will host eight 2026 World Cup games, including two U.S. group matches Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty Images
The Athletic has live coverage of the latest news for the 2026 World Cup.
FIFA is selling parking passes at 2026 World Cup games in Los Angeles for $250 or $300 per matchday and per spot — more than the price of some actual match tickets.
The passes are for parking spaces more than a mile away from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., according to listings on FIFA’s “official World Cup 2026 parking website.”
SoFi will host eight World Cup matches, including the U.S. team’s opener and a quarterfinal. For those two matches, a single parking spot is priced at $300. For the other six, including Iran vs. New Zealand and the third U.S. group match, a pass costs $250. (A Category 3 ticket to some of those matches costs $140 or $180.)
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