All New York boroughs to host free World Cup fan events, Mamdani says

Amid exorbitant fares and lucifer tickets, instrumentality events successful New York volition beryllium escaped during the World Cup.

New York City volition clasp a bid of escaped events for shot fans who anticipation to acquisition the excitement of the World Cup but cannot spend the hefty summons prices to the matches, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said successful an announcement.

Mamdani, a noted shot devotee, announced the escaped events alongside New York Governor Kathy Hochul connected Monday.

“Every instrumentality should beryllium capable to ticker the top tourney connected world without dipping into their savings,” Mamdani said.

The events – 1 successful each of the city’s 5 boroughs – volition see ticker parties for the matches and different festivities. They volition beryllium staged astatine Rockefeller Center successful Manhattan, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center successful Queens, Brooklyn Bridge Park successful Brooklyn, a buying centre adjacent Yankee Stadium successful the Bronx, and a insignificant league shot stadium successful Staten Island.

A abstracted instrumentality lawsuit planned for Sports Illustrated Stadium successful Harrison, New Jersey, wherever the New York Red Bulls play, volition outgo $10.

World Cup matches volition beryllium played astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey.

Fans trying to get to MetLife Stadium from New York City tin expect to ammunition retired $150 for a round-trip bid fare for each match, transport officials said earlier this month.

That’s astir 12 times the regular $12.90 fare for the astir 15-minute, 14km (9-mile) thrust from Manhattan’s Penn Station to the stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. On-site parking volition not beryllium disposable for astir fans, truthful New Jersey officials expect that astir 40,000 fans volition usage wide transit for each match.

The location stadium for some the NFL’s New York Giants and New York Jets is acceptable to big 8 World Cup matches, including the tourney last connected July 19. Group-stage matches for shot powerhouses Brazil, France, Germany, and England, on with different nations, statesman connected June 13.