Imagine paying nearly $4,000 for four World Cup tickets, traveling hundreds of miles, and then getting an email a few hours before kickoff telling you the tickets no longer exist. That is not a hypothetical. That is what a growing number of 2026 FIFA World Cup fans say happened to them, and now they are taking StubHub to court over it.
A proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against StubHub Inc. on July 1, 2026, in Manhattan federal court, alleging the secondary-market ticketing platform failed to deliver tickets that fans had purchased and paid for months in advance.
What the lawsuit actually says
One attorney involved in the case said more than 150 clients are collectively owed approximately $2.4 million due to ticket delivery failures across the tournament. That works out to an average loss of around $16,000 per client, though individual situations varied significantly.
Some fans reported paying nearly $4,000 for four tickets. Others paid roughly $1,700 for a pair. All of them made those purchases months ahead of the matches. The cancellation notices arrived hours before kickoff, by which point most of these fans had already traveled and booked hotels.
