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| Field | Type | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| year | integer | default | World Cup edition year (1994–2026) |
| host | string | default | Host nation(s) |
| cat1_final_usd_nominal | number | default | Most expensive (Category-1) final ticket, face value, nominal USD. Blank where no reliable primary exists (1998, 2006). |
| status | string | default | Data-quality flag: face_value | face_value_approx | face_value_phase4_cat1 | DISPUTED_likely_resale | missing |
| source | string | default | Citation / source link |
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- Last updated
- 8 June 2026
- Total rows
- ...
- Format
- CSV
- File size
- 906 B
- Sources
- SI.com — 2026 vs historical World Cup final prices (cites Statista + FIFA)
- NY/NJ Attorneys General — subpoena of FIFA over ticket pricing (27 May 2026)
- FIFA — 2026 ticket pricing tiers
- License
- Factual figures compiled from FIFA announcements + reporting; NY/NJ AG release is public domain. Reuse with attribution.
ticket_2026_tiers
| Field | Type | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| tier | string | default | 2026 price tier / category |
| price_usd | integer | default | Price in USD |
| kind | string | default | Face value vs resale, and notes |
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Download CSVAbout
- Last updated
- 8 June 2026
- Total rows
- ...
- Format
- CSV
- File size
- 242 B
- Sources
- SI.com — 2026 vs historical World Cup final prices (cites Statista + FIFA)
- NY/NJ Attorneys General — subpoena of FIFA over ticket pricing (27 May 2026)
- FIFA — 2026 ticket pricing tiers
- License
- Factual figures compiled from FIFA announcements + reporting; NY/NJ AG release is public domain. Reuse with attribution.
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Download PNGAbout
- Headline visualization for the data story.
- Format
- PNG
- Sources
- SI.com — 2026 vs historical World Cup final prices (cites Statista + FIFA)
- NY/NJ Attorneys General — subpoena of FIFA over ticket pricing (27 May 2026)
- FIFA — 2026 ticket pricing tiers
- License
- Factual figures compiled from FIFA announcements + reporting; NY/NJ AG release is public domain. Reuse with attribution.
Data story
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Download MDXAbout
- Narrative write-up of the insight, with caveats and provenance.
- Format
- MDX
- Sources
- SI.com — 2026 vs historical World Cup final prices (cites Statista + FIFA)
- NY/NJ Attorneys General — subpoena of FIFA over ticket pricing (27 May 2026)
- FIFA — 2026 ticket pricing tiers
- License
- Factual figures compiled from FIFA announcements + reporting; NY/NJ AG release is public domain. Reuse with attribution.
About this dataset
FIFA World Cup Final Ticket Prices per Edition (1994–2026)
The most expensive (Category-1) World Cup final ticket, face value, nominal USD, one row per edition — plus the 2026 price tiers. The 2026 final tops out at $10,990 face value (6.8× the 2022 price), with resale near $33,000 and a $60 "Supporter Entry" floor; the pricing drew a subpoena of FIFA by the NY & NJ attorneys general (27 May 2026).
Data
ticket_prices.csv — one row per edition
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| year | integer | edition year (1994–2026) |
| host | string | host nation(s) |
| cat1_final_usd_nominal | number | most expensive final ticket, face value, nominal USD (blank where unavailable) |
| status | string | face_value / face_value_approx / DISPUTED_likely_resale / missing |
| source | string | citation |
ticket_2026_tiers.csv
2026 tiers: $60 entry → $5,785 Cat-3 → $10,990 Cat-1 (face value) → ~$32,970 resale.
⚠️ Data-quality note (THIN dataset — read this)
- Gaps: 1998 and 2006 have no reliable primary face-value source — left blank, not interpolated.
- Disputed: the widely-cited 2014 ≈ $6,000 looks like resale, not face value — flagged in
status, exclude from trends. - Nominal, not inflation-adjusted: in real terms pre-2026 finals were roughly flat (~$1,300 in 2026 USD); the clean low-inflation comparison is 2018 → 2022 → 2026. The 2026 jump holds in real terms regardless.
Sources
- SI.com (per-edition prices, cites Statista + FIFA); NY/NJ Attorneys General press release (the probe, primary); FIFA (2026 tiers). World Bank CPI (CC-BY 4.0) can be used for inflation adjustment.
License
Figures are factual; reuse with attribution. AG press release is public domain.
Story
An $11,000 final ticket: how the 2026 World Cup priced out its own fans
$10,990 face value = 6.8× the 2022 $1,607; resale ~$32,970; $60 entry floor; AG probe May 27 2026 (+34% avg)
Full narrative — headline, why-now, caveats, provenance, and ready-to-post copy — in an-11-000-final-ticket-how-the-2026-world-cup-priced-out-its-own-fans/STORY.mdx. This data story was fact-checked by an adversarial review pass (figures recomputed against primary sources) before release.