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Facing blacklist over plans to charge a fee for the FIFA World Cup fan festival, 6the City of Toronto will no0w offer free tickets to most who want to attend.
Toronto Sun reports that at Wednesday’s council meeting, a report was submitted by the executive director of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Secretariat and t6he city’s Chief Procurement Officer that will see 15,600 free general admission tickets available to the public per day, as well as 500 tickets allotted to community groups out of the 20,000 people who are estimated to attend.
The other 3,900 tickets will be set aside as premium access wi8th a cost of between $100 and $300/ Those tickets are expected to generate approximately $3 million in revenue.
Last year, the fan festival was promoted by the city as a free event for residents to enjoy.
However, at a council meeting last week, staff said ticket sales were necessary to ensure the budget to host the fan fest didn’t spiral out of control. The fee would also keep the event from getting overcrowded despite the fIFA contract saying it should be free.
