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Getting to the World Cup won’t be a walk in the park

The FIFA World Cup final highlights severe gaps in New York and New Jersey’s public transit infrastructure

Published June 3, 2026 6:30AM (EDT)

The World Cup is fast approaching, and bigger than ever, with 104 matches spread over 16 North American cities across 39 days — all culminating in New Jersey. For the final match in the world’s largest sporting event, figuring out how to get over 80,000 people in seats has highlighted huge gaps in the public transportation infrastructure connecting New Jersey and New York.

The final match is slated to take place nine miles outside of Midtown Manhattan at MetLife Stadium (or the NYNJ Stadium, as FIFA calls it to avoid giving airtime to stadium sponsors.) The stadium is best known as the home to NFL’s New York Giants and Jets, has a capacity of 82,500 seats for football and soccer matches.

To account for the influx of riders, NJ Transit made some unprecedented, and wildly unpopular, decisions. On April 17, NJ Transit announced round-trip tickets to the stadium from New York Penn Station would be $150. The usual cost of that trip would be $12.90, a price increase over 1,000%.

On top of that, New York Penn Station will shut down all other outbound New Jersey trains beginning four hours before each of the eight matches being hosted at MetLife. NJ Transit has offered commuters a 3% discount for monthly tickets and 5% for weekly tickets and encouraged them to work from home.

While an average concert or football game at MetLife is expected to bring a significant amount of attendees from New York, an added pressure to the World Cup matches is that driving is highly discouraged with no general parking. The only nearby, FIFA-endorsed, parking is at the adjacent property, the American Dream Mall and costs $225 per day. Usual stadium parking costs start at $65. Further, rideshares have been discouraged by officials to avoid road congestion and price surges.

Over the weeks following the ticket price announcement, private sponsors helped subsidize the cost down to $98,........

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