1 week ago
FIFA World Cup 2026 countdown: New York, New Jersey prepare
Alex Lasry, CEO of nan NYNJ Host Committee, discusses nan countdown to nan 2026 FIFA World Cup successful New York and New Jersey. He specifications plans for free instrumentality experiences crossed 5 boroughs and New Jersey, emphasizing nationalist transit solutions for 1.2 cardinal fans. Lasry confirms existent writer will beryllium installed astatine MetLife Stadium for nan event, highlighting nan world excitement for this awesome sporting event.
NEWYou tin now perceive to Fox News articles!
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that nan City of New York, successful business pinch nan NYNJ Host Committee, has secured 1,000 affordable tickets to nan World Cup for New York residents that tin beryllium bought for $50 each.
At nan clip of publishing, nan cheapest Ticketmaster listing for a MetLife Stadium group shape crippled was $535 for nan Norway-Senegal match connected June 22.
The ticket-holders will besides person free autobus proscription to and from nan stadium and New York — nan committee had precocious announced specified a travel would costs $80, while NJ Transit tickets were primitively $150 earlier backstage backing lowered them to conscionable nether $100.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani backed a connection to taxation luxury 2nd homes owned by non-residents, targeting ultra-wealthy spot owners. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"A World Cup is coming to our backyard, and we want to guarantee working-class New Yorkers person nan opportunity to beryllium portion of it," Mamdani said astatine a news convention successful Harlem Thursday. "We sat down with the Host Committee to make definite this tourney belongs to nan group who make this metropolis what it is. Today, 1,000 New Yorkers are going to get into those stands for 50 dollars and a free autobus ride. I’m proud that New York City is starring nan way."
"This programme exists because nan politician was wished to make judge moving New Yorkers would beryllium successful nan stands erstwhile nan World Cup comes location to New York," said NYC World Cup czar Maya Handa. "A kid successful nan Bronx, a information defender successful Queens, a edifice worker successful Brooklyn aliases Staten Island — they are going to locomotion into nan stadium this summertime because their metropolis fought for them to beryllium there."
Transit officials are preparing for an unprecedented number of riders during World Cup matches this summer. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)
IRANIAN SLEEPER CELLS POSE WORLD CUP THREAT, FORMER FBI AGENT WARNS, URGES TRUMP TO SEND STARK WARNING
"Mayor Mamdani’s committedness to making nan World Cup accessible to mundane New Yorkers ... is precisely what it looks for illustration erstwhile a metropolis governs for nan people," added Council Member Yusef Salaam.
Tickets will beryllium delivered to winners of a lottery strategy that runs from May 25 done May 29.
FIFA did not instantly respond to a petition for remark regarding Mamdani's announcement.
Mamdani has ripped nan "absurd" World Cup prices successful nan past.
"What we're seeing is that FIFA's attack to nan summons process of nan World Cup is some without precedent successful their ain management of erstwhile World Cups and is besides an attack that will value retired truthful galore New Yorkers from really being capable to beryllium successful nan stands," he said past September.
Fireworks ray up nan entity complete Met Life Stadium successful East Rutherford, N.J., earlier nan Club World Cup last shot lucifer betwixt Chelsea and PSG connected July 13, 2025. (Matt Slocum/AP)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
The tickets, which will not beryllium allowed to beryllium resold, will beryllium divided among nan first 7 matches astatine MetLife earlier it hosts nan last connected July 19.
Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
