Tickets for Leonel Messi's debut match for Inter Miami on Friday in the Leagues Cup are selling as much $110,000, according to a search on ticket reselling website Vivid Seats.
That’s one of the most expensive ticket prices ever recorded for a MLS team.
According to CNN, prices for some seats soared after the soccer superstar officially signed with the Major League Soccer team on Saturday in a deal reported to be worth between $50 to $60 million per year.
Still, there are much cheaper options available for Friday’s game.
The average price is $487, and some fans are traveling nearly 700 miles to see the match against Mexican team Cruz Azul, a Vivid Seats spokesperson said.
Tickets to last year’s League Cup match between Inter Miami and FC Barcelona cost about half of that.
Prices for Messi’s MLS debut on August 20 against Charlotte are averaging $288, according to Vivid Seats, surging nearly 900% since early June when speculation began that Messi was coming to the US.
Ticket prices overall for Inter Miami, currently dead last in the standings , have also jumped about 700% since then.
Messi's deal includes an option for part-ownership of the club and a cut of the revenue from new subscribers to Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass streaming service, according to multiple reports.
