World Cup 2026: Fans in Houston deterred by soaring ticket prices

France 24 Friday 12 June 2026, 11:25 UTC By Pierrick LEURENT 1 min read

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World Cup 2026: Fans in Houston deterred by soaring ticket prices To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Issued on: The fan zones are open, the stadiums are ready and the biggest World Cup in history is officially underway in the US, Mexico and Canada. Seven matchs are planned in Houston, Texas. The host city expects to attract around half a million visitors and an economic windfall of $1.5 billion. Yet some hotels remain half empty and many fans complain that soaring ticket prices have made the tournament unaffordable. FRANCE 24's Pierrick Leurent and Wassim Cornet report. [Image text:] RESTROOMS Y3 GA IZA Emirates FLT BETTER JMM soccer enig FRANCE 24

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