Paul Gascoigne calls World Cup ticket prices ‘disgraceful’ amid fan anger

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Paul Gascoigne criticized the rising World Cup ticket prices as 'disgraceful,' amid growing fan frustration over expensive travel, stadium food, and entry fees. The median ticket prices for matches are exceedingly high, with early games averaging $980 and later matches at $1,226.

World Cup ticket prices have quickly become one of the defining controversies of the tournament, as fans have already faced expensive travel, costly stadium food and entry prices that keep climbing. TicketData’s tracker showed the median final get-in price for the first 12 matches at $980, while remaining games had a median get-in price of $1,226.