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DAVID MARCUS: NJ's World Cup transit crisis betrays Democrats' utter incompetence

Gov Mikie Sherrill says a prior Democratic administration's agreement with FIFA on transit costs doesn't apply now

By David Marcus Fox News

Published April 19, 2026 12:44pm EDT

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NJ Transit CEO explains why World Cup train tickets are rising to $150

NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri explains at a press conference Friday why the public transportation company is increasing tickets to World Cup games to $150 this summer. 

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With less than two months to go before the kickoff of the 2026 World Cup, Democratic leaders in New Jersey and New York are scrambling to figure out how to get fans to MetLife Stadium. The results would be hilarious if they did not betray such utter incompetence.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has astoundingly announced that a train ride to the eight games at the Meadowlands facility, which usually costs $12.90, will cost $150 for footy fans. That has FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, pulling out a red card.

FIFA claims that its original agreement stated the locales in which the games take place will pay for transportation, but Sherill claims that agreement was made by the prior, also Democratic, administration in Trenton, and, for some reason, does not apply now.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill has announced that a train ride to the eight games at the Meadowlands facility, which usually costs $12.90, will cost $150. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty........

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