End to the black market for tickets?
The Labor Party bench in the Senate has just launched a political move with time. Looking ahead to the 2026 World Cup, they presented an initiative to legalize the resale of tickets. It’s not a whim. It is a direct response to the chaos ahead.
Geovanna Bañuelos, senator for Zacatecas and author of the proposal, wants to reform the Federal Consumer Protection Law. The idea is clear: if you can’t beat the black market, regulate it and put limits on it.
“This reform is important in the framework of an event as important as the World Cup… it seems essential to us that we can begin to establish rules,” explained Bañuelos.
The detail that changes everything
The initiative has a central axis: putting a 100% cap on the resale price premium. No selling a 500 peso ticket for 5 thousand. The limit would be double the original value.
In addition, it proposes creating a mandatory registry for intermediary platforms. Clear obligations for sellers, authenticity verification before publishing and refund mechanisms. They want to bring the sharks out of the shadows and put them under the microscope.
Bañuelos was forceful in rejecting that this encourages resale. For her, absolute prohibition is what feeds the monster.
“The ban only encourages a black market, with fraud and excesses,” he said.
With Mexico hosting 13 matches and more than 800,000 spectators between Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara, the stage is set for a perfect storm of speculation. The PT tries, at least, to distribute umbrellas before it starts to rain.
It is pure theater. A move calculated to position itself as the defender of the common fan against the maelstrom of the big show. We will see if other parties get involved in this work or prefer to remain as spectators.
