Tickets for Messi's US debut cost as much as $110,000

NEW YORK, July 18 (CNN): To witness Lionel Messi make his US debut might require a payday as big as his.
Tickets for his expected first match on Friday for Inter Miami 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.
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 and $60 million per year.
Still, there are much cheaper options available for Friday's (July 21) 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 per cent since early June when speculation began that Messi was coming to the US.