StubHub faces a federal class action filed in the Southern District of New York around 30 June, with the plaintiffs seeking more than $5 million over World Cup tickets they say were never delivered or were revoked despite the platform's delivery guarantee 1. One buyer paid $1,905 for three seats at a SoFi Stadium group game and received nothing. StubHub is one of the largest ticket-resale marketplaces in the United States, and the suit was lodged in the Manhattan federal court.
The Texas Attorney General opened a separate investigation on 3 July 2. A state investigation carries powers a private lawsuit lacks: the attorney general can compel documents and testimony by subpoena, which the class-action plaintiffs cannot do until the case reaches discovery.
Both actions open a second front on the resale market, distinct from the New York and New Jersey attorneys general who subpoenaed FIFA over its own primary-market ticket practices in June . That probe examines how the tournament organiser priced and allocated seats. The StubHub class action instead rests on the platform's own delivery guarantee, a breach-of-contract claim that turns on whether a promised ticket arrived. That is narrower and easier to prove than an antitrust case built on how a dominant seller sets its prices.
