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Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has called for FIFA to screen nan afloat obstruction costs for New Yorkers attending nan World Cup, arsenic NJ Transit train summons prices are group for $150 to get to MetLife Stadium for matches.
Schumer released a connection connected Sunday, calling connected FIFA to salary nan afloat fair, which is astronomically higher than nan regular costs to recreation from Penn Station to nan Meadowlands, while knowing that "FIFA is group to rake successful astir $11 cardinal successful gross disconnected nan tourney while New York fans are being deed pinch $150 NJ Transit round-trip tickets to get to nan game."
MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, will big 8 matches during nan World Cup, including nan last connected July 19. The accustomed value is $12.90 for nan Meadowlands train from Penn Station, but it will emergence to $150 opening June 13 and ending July 19. There will besides beryllium shuttles disposable worthy $80.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, during a news convention pursuing nan play Senate Democrat argumentation luncheon astatine nan US Capitol successful Washington, DC, US, connected Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NJ Transit CEO Kirs Kolluri defended nan fare hikes connected Friday, saying nan eventual costs to nan institution shouldn’t load New Jersey commuters.
"It is an breathtaking infinitesimal for New Jersey to showcase New Jersey's diverseness arsenic good arsenic its economical opinionated successful nan state and successful nan world. Equally important, (Gov. Mikie Sherrill) has said that New Jersey commuters cannot and will not subsidize nan activity of fans going to nan game, because that would not beryllium fair," Kolluri said, reiterating that nan tourney will costs NJ Transit $48 million.
Penn Station is besides scheduled to beryllium partially closed for up to 4 hours earlier each World Cup match, which will evidently disrupt regular commuters and travelers 8 times during nan tournament.
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Schumer argues it’s unfair for New Yorkers to person to woody pinch nan value hike, particularly considering FIFA is eliminating parking astatine MetLife Stadium. Also, parking astatine adjacent American Dream promenade is astir $225, while stepping entree is being prohibited arsenic well.
In turn, wide transit is "effectively nan only measurement successful aliases retired of nan stadium connected lucifer days," Schumer’s connection read. But Schumer isn’t lambasting NJ Transit — he understands nan financials nan institution has to woody with.
It’s FIFA he’s pointing nan digit astatine for not helping pinch nan cost.
"The full NJ Transit cognition to move fans to and from MetLife is projected to costs $62 million, pinch astir $11 cardinal dedicated to information alone. The national authorities is contributing $10.6 cardinal and nan NY/NJ Host Committee is contributing conscionable complete $3 million, leaving NJ Transit to ft a $48 cardinal measure pinch zero financial publication from FIFA.
"Meanwhile, FIFA has told different big cities they tin connection fans wide obstruction for arsenic small arsenic $2.50 information trip, a fraction of what New York fans are being charged."
A wide position of MetLife Stadium and nan Meadowlands Train Station is seen from a NJ Transit train earlier nan FIFA Club World Cup 2025 semi-final lucifer betwixt Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected July 9, 2025. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)
Schumer added that, "Charging much than eleven times nan normal fare for a train thrust is simply a ripoff, plain and simple."
FIFA’s budgeted gross for nan 2023 to 2026 rhythm is astir $11 billion, which marks a 71% summation complete nan erstwhile cycle. It besides marks nan astir lucrative World Cup successful nan tournament’s history.
Schumer’s connection besides pointed retired summons prices for match-goers are astir $700 for nan group stage, and nan last astatine MetLife Stadium is arsenic precocious arsenic $10,000 to get into nan doorway nether FIFA’s move pricing model.
"We are carrying much fans, much riders, and much disruption than immoderate different region successful this tournament," Schumer added. "FIFA needs to measurement up accordingly. Past believe does not trim it erstwhile you are eliminating parking, shutting down Penn Station, and forcing each instrumentality onto 1 transit system. FIFA should screen nan ride, not instrumentality New York fans pinch nan bill."
FIFA whitethorn not person historically contributed to nationalist proscription costs successful erstwhile tournaments, but Schumer argues New York and New Jersey isn’t each different big region. It’s nan astir densely populated area successful nan country, and it will beryllium big to 8 matches.
Kolluri besides noted that, if nan regular $12.90 fare were to enactment successful place, nan $48 cardinal measure for NJ Transit would beryllium subsidized for commuters by 92%.
"No 1 that I person spoken to thinks that's adjacent aliases reasonable. Commuters successful New Jersey should not transportation nan costs years into nan early for a awesome event, nary doubt. But nan fans going to nan games should load nan cost. That's each we're trying to say," Kolluri said.
NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri and Alex Lasry, CEO of nan 2026 FIFA World Cup New York New Jersey Host Committee, speak during a property briefing connected nan location mobility scheme for nan World Cup successful Newark, New Jersey, connected April 17, 2026. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
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With nan scheme now officially successful place, FIFA World Cup COO Heimo Schirgi issued nan pursuing connection to Fox News Digital:
"Ever since nan big metropolis agreements were signed successful 2018, FIFA has worked successful collaboration pinch nan Host Committees and their partners to create a proscription scheme that provides businesslike and accessible wide transit options for ticketed fans attending nan 8 matches astatine NY NJ Stadium. The extremity is to minimize congestion, trim reliance connected backstage vehicles, and guarantee nan instrumentality acquisition is affirmative and memorable, defined by nan action connected pitch, not delays connected nan roads.
"The NJ Transit existent pricing exemplary will person a chilling effect. Elevated fares inevitably push fans toward replacement proscription options. This increases concerns of congestion, precocious arrivals, and creates broader ripple effects that yet diminish nan economical use and lasting bequest nan full region stands to summation from hosting nan World Cup."
Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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