Ticket Prices for Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami Debut vs. Cruz Azul Soar to As Much as $110,000

• Ticket prices have soared for Lionel Messi’s expected debut in the United States
• The Argentine star is set to play against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup this Friday
• Prices for Inter Miami’s MLS matches overall have jumped 700 percent since June

Fans will need to spend lots of cash to see Lionel Messi make his much-anticipated debut in the United States.

Tickets for the football icon’s expected first match for Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup on Friday are selling for as much as $110,000.

That is one of the most expensive ticket prices ever recorded for a Major League Soccer team.

Prices jump for Messi's debut

Those figures were generated using a search on the ticket reselling website Vivid Seats.

Prices soared for some seats in DRV PNK Stadium after the Argentine superstar officially signed with the MLS club on Saturday in a monster deal reported to be worth between $50 to $60 million per season.

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That being said, cheaper options remain for fans to watch Friday’s game live. The average price for tickets for Messi’s first outing for Inter Miami is $487.

A Vivid Seats spokesperson said that some fans are even traveling nearly 700 miles to catch Messi play against Mexican side Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup.

To further demonstrate the Messi effect, tickets to last year’s League Cup match between FC Barcelona and Inter Miami cost about half of that price.

According to Vivid Seats, prices for the former PSG star’s MLS debut against Charlotte on August 20 are averaging $288.

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Ticket prices for that match have jumped nearly 900 percent since early June, when speculation started that the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner was coming to the USA to play in MLS, per CNN.

Ticket prices overall for Inter Miami have also soared about 700 percent since that period, not bad for a team that is currently dead last in the Eastern Conference standings.

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Messi’s deal with Inter Miami includes an option for part-ownership of the team as well as a share of the revenue generated from new subscribers to the MLS Season Pass streaming service of Apple TV, according to multiple reports.

Messi's jersey in demand

Sports Brief recently reported on Messi's Inter Miami jersey becoming the hottest commodity in South Beach.

The said item carries a substantial price tag of $199.

Messi will wear No. 10 for his new MLS team.