StubHub

StubHub is a major US secondary-market ticket platform and one of the two dominant resale marketplaces for the 2026 World Cup, alongside SeatGeek. Group-stage listings started from $162, as average secondary-market prices fell roughly 37% compared with prices 60 days out; the San Francisco Bay Area saw the steepest decline, at 59%. The tournament closed on 19 July 2026.

StubHub and SeatGeek both denied collusion allegations that circulated on social media before the tournament; those allegations are unproven and both platforms reject them. Separate legal pressure targeted StubHub specifically: a federal class action filed around 30 June in the Southern District of New York sought more than $5 million over tickets never delivered or revoked despite the company's delivery guarantee, and the Texas Attorney General opened a consumer-protection investigation on 3 July after fans travelling to the Dallas and Houston matches reported cancelled tickets; a second Texan filed a fresh complaint on 15 July. StubHub attributed the delivery failures to problems with FIFA's own ticketing infrastructure; FIFA said its system "functioned reliably" throughout. Neither the class action nor the investigation has been resolved.

Founded in 2000 and now owned by Viagogo, a Swiss company, StubHub is the largest secondary ticket marketplace in the US and operates in dozens of countries, selling for concerts, US sport and touring theatre year-round; the World Cup dispute is one chapter in a business that predates and outlasts the tournament. FIFA also faced separate subpoenas from the New York and New Jersey attorneys general over MetLife Stadium ticketing practices, distinct from the StubHub-specific proceedings.