FIFA announced Tuesday it will make more tickets available at 11 a.m. Wednesday for all 104 games across Categories 1, 2, and 3, plus the new "front category" pricing tier it rolled out earlier this month.
The release comes after a round of fan backlash when the new category was added without warning. Buyers said they thought the better seats in their original categories had been withheld, and ended up with worse locations than they'd paid for.
FIFA first put tickets on sale in December at prices ranging from $140 for Category 3 in the first round up to $8,680 for the final. When sales reopened on April 1, those prices climbed as high as $10,990.
Sales are reportedly lagging for some Atlanta-relevant matches. The Athletic reported the U.S. opener against Paraguay on June 12 in Inglewood, California has sold 40,934 tickets, while the Iran versus New Zealand group-stage game had sold 50,661. Atlanta's eight matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium run June 13 through July 15, including a semifinal. The city is also building out downtown infrastructure (E-911 upgrades, trafficking awareness training at Hartsfield-Jackson, an Airbnb host incentive) for the expected crowd.
