World Cup fans who bought resale tickets are missing games, forcing them to miss rare opportunities or scramble to find new tickets at triple the original price. The issue has been blamed on StubHub, citing FIFA's "ticketing infrastructure" as the cause, but FIFA claims it can only guarantee tickets purchased through its official platform. Fans have reported spending thousands of dollars, hours of travel, and experiencing dashed dreams as a result of the resale ticket debacle. Fans' only recourse is to rely on FIFA's resale marketplace or risk losing out on the match entirely.
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https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5871397/world-cup-tickets-stubhub-resale-controversy