Field Level Media
15 Jul 2026, 23:25 GMT+10
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ATLANTA -- Twelve hours before kickoff the requirement to buy tickets in pairs was dropped, leaving the most affordable seat in the building for the World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England listed at $4,878 for one 300-level seat.
It's the World Cup, where fans are shrugging off the immense sticker shock and buying the experience.
'Our fallback is going to be Irish Exit, it's the England pub in Atlanta,' said Sara Hattey, an England transplant who trekked from northern Georgia on Wednesday with her husband, a Venmo price threshold and hope against hope demand would cease before kickoff to help them find a way inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The Irish Exit was overflowing with English fans by 11:30 a.m., three-plus hours before the match was scheduled to begin. A draught was more fan-friendly at the small street-level pub across from State Farm Stadium, home of the Atlanta Hawks.
Inside Atlanta Stadium, as FIFA dubbed the venue for the 2026 World Cup, a domestic beer and a hot dog went for $28.
Licensed apparel bearing the venue, year and country of choice started at $45 and exceeded $150.
If Hattey's fortunes turn brighter, it might not come buying seats in tandem. Vivid Seats listed its cheapest pair for $4,853 per ticket 90 minutes before gametime.
--Field Level Media
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