California Attorney General Looking into FIFA World Cup Ticketing Practices
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is looking into what he says are reports of misleading ticketing practices for the 2026 FIFA World Cup that are potential violations of California law.
Bonta sent a letter to FIFA raising concerns about ticketing practices asking for information. California consumer protections laws include prohibitions on marketing practices that are likely to mislead them. Recent reports raised concerns that FIFA sold tickets based on seating categories displayed on stadium maps and later altered those seating categorizations before assigning precise seat locations.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to begin on June 11 and feature matches across the United States, including in California at SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles area and Levi’s Stadium in the San Francisco Bay area.
Bonta is requesting information about ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup games in California, including how seating categories were represented, whether seat assignments differed from those representations, what disclosures were provided to buyers and how issues were addressed through refunds or other remedies.
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