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New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport to motorboat an investigation into FIFA's precocious World Cup summons prices connected Wednesday, nan New York Post reports.
Officials opportunity nan steep prices person sparked a "gauntlet of confusion, clone scarcity, and impossibly precocious prices," up of nan shot tourney adjacent month.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James stands silently during a property convention astatine nan agency of nan Attorney General successful New York City connected Dec. 15, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Both James and Davenport announced nan associated probe — which includes subpoenas sent to FIFA by nan 2 attorneys wide — to attraction connected nan myriad issues that stem from nan shot federation’s summons income for nan tournament, including reports that fans were being misled astir wherever their seats were located successful summation to nan exorbitantly precocious prices.
"Being honorable astir summons income is not complicated. But FIFA has turned buying a summons to the World Cup into a gauntlet of confusion, clone scarcity, and impossibly precocious prices — each astatine nan disbursal of consumers and hardworking New Jerseyans," AG Davenport said successful a statement.
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The FIFA World Cup 2026 victor trophy is displayed astatine FIFA office successful Zurich, Switzerland, arsenic nan tie for nan 2026 World Cup European qualifiers originates connected Dec. 13, 2024. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu)
The associated probe from some states makes consciousness erstwhile considering a number of World Cup games, including nan last connected July 19, are being played astatine adjacent MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Sky-high summons prices for nan World Cup look to beryllium a bipartisan issue, arsenic this probe comes successful nan aftermath of President Donald Trump besides making disparaging comments regarding nan precocious prices earlier this month, which were routinely rumored to beryllium northbound of $1,000.
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President Donald Trump dances astatine nan extremity of nan tie for nan 2026 shot World Cup astatine nan Kennedy Center successful Washington connected Dec. 5, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)
"I did not cognize that number," President Trump said, "I would surely for illustration to beryllium there, but I wouldn’t salary it either, to beryllium honorable pinch you."
The 2026 World Cup kicks disconnected connected June 11 betwixt Mexico and South Africa.
Austin Perry is simply a writer for OutKick.
