Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! - UEFA Freezes Champions League Final Ticket Prices

Episode Date: March 16, 2026

UEFA maintains ticket prices for the Champions League final in Budapest at last years levels, with the lowest priced seats at seventy euros. Each finalist club receives seventeen thousand two hun...dred tickets, while four thousand six hundred are available through a global lottery. Higher category seats are priced at one hundred eighty, six hundred fifty, and nine hundred fifty euros. To combat scalping, tickets are non-transferable and resale is limited to UEFAs platform at face value with no seller fees. This approach contrasts with FIFAs World Cup resale market, which has been criticized for high fees and no price caps. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/e311e84111916242

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Starting point is 00:00:00 On this March 16th, here's what's making entertainment headlines. UEFA has frozen ticket prices for the Champions League final in Budapest at last year's levels. The match is set for May 30th at Puska's Arena. Fans of the two finalist teams will compete for the lowest priced seats at 70 euros, or about $80. That's the same price for a third straight year, including tickets for disabled spectators with a free companion seat. Each finalist club gets 17,200 tickets out of 61,400 total available. Another 4,600, go into a global lottery on UEFA's website. Higher category seats are priced at 180 euros, 650 euros, and 950 euros.
Starting point is 00:00:44 To fight scalping, lottery winners must register their mobile phones, and tickets are non-transferable. Resale through UEFA's platform stays at face value with no seller fees. Access to resale is limited to fans who missed out on the lottery. This fan-friendly approach stands out compared to the World Cup. Critics call FIFA's resale market official scalping with no price caps and 15% fees for buyers and sellers. UEFA works with fan groups like football supporters Europe on pricing. Meanwhile, FIFA faced backlash over high World Cup prices and later offered a few $160 Cs per game through National Federations for.
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