New York Attorney General Letitia James and New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced subpoenas to FIFA seeking documents on match pricing, focusing on eight contests at MetLife Stadium beginning June 13. The investigation follows widespread complaints about ticket prices averaging about $2,800 for MetLife matches and concerns that fans were not receiving seats as advertised. Some buyers reported purchasing premium sections and later receiving reassigned seats with lesser value. James said fans deserve affordable tickets and should trust that purchased tickets match what they receive. Davenport said FIFA’s ticketing process involved confusion, fake scarcity, and impossibly high prices. FIFA leadership has defended “market rates” pricing, and tickets at MetLife are priced far above the broader 16-city average.
"New York Attorney General Letitia James and New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said in a statement they had subpoenaed FIFA for documents detailing pricing for the matches, with a focus on the eight contests at MetLife, which begin June 13 with a Brazil-Morocco match."
"The two attorneys general said they were prompted by news reports of fans' ire over soaring prices and complaints of fans in some instances not receiving tickets as advertised - for example, their purchasing tickets in a premium section then discovering upon receipt that they had been reassigned to lesser-value seats."
"“New Yorkers have been waiting years for the World Cup to come to their backyard, and they deserve a fair shot at affordable tickets,” James said in a statement. “No one should be manipulated into paying sky-high prices for seats, and fans should be able to trust that the tickets they purchase will be the ones they receive.”"
"Davenport, her counterpart in New Jersey, said FIFA had turned the ticket-buying process “into a gauntlet of confusion, fake scarcity, and impossibly high prices - all at the expense of consumers and hardworking New Jerseyans.”"
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