Infantino: I’ll bring a hot dog to anyone who pays $2 million for a ticket

The BBC reported that the increase in ticket prices for this summer’s tournament had led to widespread criticism, but Infantino He joked that if a ticket was sold for the same price, he would personally provide the system to ensure that the fan had a “great experience.”

The majority of tournament tickets were offered for purchase at five-a-side prices through FIFA’s resale platform, with last month 4 tickets behind the goal of the final tournament. New Jersey At a cost of about $2.3 million per ticket.

Infantino said: “If some people offer tickets to reach the end of the resale market for 2 million dollars, this, firstly, does not mean that the price of the original ticket was two million dollars, and secondly, it does not mean that there is anyone who will buy these tickets.”

Infantino has always defended the tournament’s ticket prices, stressing that they are in line with prices for other sports in the United States.

“In the United States, reselling tickets is also allowed, if you sell tickets at a lower price, they will be resold later at a higher price,” Infantino said Tuesday evening at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills.

He continued: “In fact, even though some say our ticket prices are high, they are still sold to the market at a very high price, more than double the original price.”

He emphasized: “25 percent of group tickets can be purchased for less than $300.”

Infantino considered the cost to be equivalent to attending a “college game” in the United States, adding: “But this is the World Cup.”