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Tickets for Argentine football star Lionel Messi’s first game with Inter Miami are selling for up to $110,000, according to a search on ticket resale site Vivid Seats. The Argentine is expected to make his debut for his new club next Friday against Mexican side Cruz Azul.
This is one of the most expensive ticket prices ever recorded for a team in the north american football league (MLS). Prices for some seats have skyrocketed after the soccer superstar officially signed on Saturday with theInter-Miami in a deal worth between $50 million and $60 million a year.
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Still, there are much cheaper options available for Friday’s game. The average ticket price is $487. Some fans will travel more than 1100 km to attend the first match of Messi against Cruz Azulsaid a spokesperson for Vivid Seats.
Prices for Messi’s MLS debut on August 20 against Charlotte have averaged $288, according to Vivid Seats, up nearly 900% since early June when speculation began about Messi’s move to the United States. UNITED STATES. Overall, ticket prices for Inter Miami, currently dead last in the standings, have also jumped around 700% since then.
The Argentinian legend has spent the last two seasons with the Paris Saint Germainchampion of League 1after having left Barcelona. At Inter Miami, Messi will again be trained by his former coach in Argentina and FC Barcelona Auntie Martino, who took office at the end of June. He will also reunite with his former teammate at FC Barcelona Sergio Busquets.
In addition to having received seven times the prestigious Ballon d’Or of the best player in the world, the 36-year-old has won 43 titles in his career, including 35 with Barca.
