🚨MOST EXPENSIVE FIFA WORLD CUP EXPLAINED!
2026 World Cup hosted across the USA, Canada, and Mexico, ticket costs have reached historic highs:
2014 BRAZIL: Group matches were around KES 1,940. Lower-tier tickets around KES 11,650, while prime Category 1 seats for the Final reached roughly KES 128,200.
2018 RUSSIA: Local resident tickets KES 2,850. Baseline tickets KES 13,600, and a top-tier ticket to the final cost around KES 142,500.
2022 QATAR: Locals at roughly KES 1,420. Standard international KES 8,940, and the premium seats for the Final KES 207,200.
2026 USA/CANADA/MEXICO: Even the lowest-tier resident tickets are expected to start between KES 6,480 and KES 10,360. Baseline international tickets are surging to between KES 19,400 and KES 32,380, while premium Category 1 seats for the Final are projected to breach KES 388,500 .
NOTE: You have to wait in an online queue for the tickets which can take up to 6 hours. (you might end up getting no ticket at all).
Why is this World cup so controversial, expensive and where is all the money going to?