Thousands of Unsold World Cup Tickets Suddenly Disappear From FIFA Website
Thousands of tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have been abruptly pulled just days before the tournament, which has already shown signs of softer demand among soccer fans.
According to estimates from TicketData.com, about 74,000 tickets were available directly through the organization until Saturday, at which point the total fell to 44,000 and then to under 30,000, where it now sits. FIFA has not offered an explanation for the decline, which TicketData.com said was due to an unspecified "sudden inventory removal."
Keith Pagello, founder of TicketData.com, told Newsweek that there was no way of definitively knowing the reason for the abrupt decline in inventory, beyond confirmation from FIFA, but said there was “no world” in which this was due to fans suddenly purchasing the 40,000-plus tickets.