Global World Cup Ticket Frenzy: 350 Million Requests for 7 Million Seats

FIFA has received more than 350 million ticket requests for the 2026 World Cup lotteries, vastly outstripping the roughly 7 million tickets available across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The surge comes as critics warn dynamic pricing could price out average fans, even as officials note the tournament’s massive global demand (and viewership, with the draw drawing about 800 million viewers and the final about 1.6 billion).