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Messi Mania in Miami Has $2,600 Soccer Tickets Rivaling Taylor Swift

A mural depicting Argentine football player Lionel Messi is pictured in Miami on June 7.

Photographer:  Giorgio Viera/AFP/Getty Images

Lionel Messi is already rivaling Taylor Swift’s box-office power in the US.

The cost to see Inter Miami play next month is approaching that of clinching a last-minute ticket for Swift on Friday, and that’s even before the Argentine superstar officially joins Major League Soccer.