Mexican actor Diego Luna questioned the cost of tickets for the 2026 World Cup, deeming them inaccessible to most fans. His remarks align with earlier criticism from director Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Diego Luna stated that current prices have turned football into an event akin to opera. “It is as if suddenly football had become opera, overnight,” he said during an interview with Spain’s Cadena SER.
The actor recalled attending a match in 1986 thanks to tickets his uncle received as a work benefit. He noted that the World Cup was then inclusive across social classes.
Alejandro González Iñárritu had said weeks earlier that the cheapest ticket costs between 10 thousand and 20 thousand pesos. The director criticized the three-country hosting and called it an act of “corporate violence” by FIFA.