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Wiz Imp

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44. I believe those numbers are very misleading.

Sun May 24, 2026, 09:23 PM

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It was announced earlier this week that only 35-50% of approximately 700,000 tickets available for Dallas stadium have been sold. https://www.facebook.com/reel/957271046927428

I think part of it is tons of ticketrs were bought by ticket brokers and large numbers of those have not been sold to actual attendees.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldCup2026Tickets/comments/1thrta0/speaking_to_world_cup_2026_ticket_brokers_i_had/

"Lots of others “are going to come back to earth”, he predicts. Jordan against Austria, the first group game for both teams on June 16 at 70,000-seat Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, is one example. “I’m pretty confident there’s going to be at least 30,000 seats empty for that match,” he adds. It is after the group stage that ticket prices will “shoot up”, in his view."

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