Andrew Giuliani, head of the White House Task Force on the 2026 World Cup, has dismissed President Donald Trump’s comments that tickets for next month’s opening match are too expensive.
Giuliani, son of Trump attorney and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, defended the World Cup ticket prices as proof that the event is in demand.
“We look to FIFA as a private entity here, we don’t really believe in price controls,” Giuliani told The Financial Times. “That’s kind of like what dynamic pricing can do.”
The Associated Press reported that the cheapest official ticket for the U.S.-Paraguay opener was listed at $1,120 through FIFA’s official portal, while the cheapest tickets for the World Cup final were listed at $5,785 and premium seats climbed to $10,990.
“It actually shows just how sought-after it is to come to the United States for a World Cup,” Giuliani told The Financial Times.
Giuliani’s comments came as Trump himself acknowledged in an exclusive interview with The Post this week that he wouldn’t pay four figures to watch the US men’s national team’s opening World Cup match against Paraguay next month.
“I would certainly like to be there, but I wouldn’t pay it either, to be honest with you,” Trump told The Post.
The Athletic reported Wednesday that “throughout the month of April, FIFA was seemingly only selling a few dozen U.S.-Paraguay tickets per day.”
“There are now plenty of U.S.-Paraguay tickets available on all resale platforms for prices cheaper than the ones that FIFA has clung to,” the report said.
