Infantino links World Cup ticket pricing to US sport market and resale laws

Eye-watering prices reflect demand to watch the World Cup in the US, Infantino says, amid increasing criticism from fans.

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended World Cup ticket prices, insisting that football’s global governing body was obliged to take advantage of laws in the United States that allow tickets to be resold for thousands of dollars above face value.

Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, Infantino said the eye-watering prices reflected demand to watch the World Cup.

Infantino links World Cup ticket pricing to US sport market and resale laws

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