Fifa World Cup fans on pace to spend record amounts at tournament venues

With 10 days to go until the end of the Fifa World Cup, fans have already spent more money than they did when Brazil hosted in 2014, and 89% of the value they spent at Russia in 2018

Fans at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are on pace to spend record amounts at tournament venues, according to data from Visa, the event’s official payment partner.
 

With 10 days to go until the end of the World Cup, fans have already spent more money than they did when Brazil hosted in 2014, and 89% of the value they spent at Russia in 2018. Visa’s data includes spending on its cards at all official World Cup venues from the start of tournament through Dec. 2.

The figure is high despite a last-minute ban on alcoholic beer sales at stadiums,