FIFA Host Committee, NJ Transit say plan for World Cup at MetLife Stadium will be a success amid $150 trains

As fans whitethorn person to wage $150 to question to World Cup games astatine MetLife Stadium this summer, FIFA believes NJ Transit's "Regional Stadium Mobility Plan" volition beryllium a success.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 New York New Jersey Host Committee and NJ Transit announced the program connected Friday, with the terms of getting to MetLife Stadium being the hottest topic, on with bans connected parking astatine the stadium.

But Alex Lasry, the CEO of the Host Committee, said the program is "built with information and work astatine its core."

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NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri and Alex Lasry, CEO of the 2026 FIFA World Cup New York New Jersey Host Committee, talk during a property briefing connected the determination mobility program for the World Cup successful Newark, New Jersey, connected April 17, 2026. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)

"(We are) ensuring that each fan, worker, and nonmigratory tin determination passim the portion securely during the tournament. It reflects years of readying and coordination across our transportation partners, and we’re incredibly grateful for their collaboration," Lasry said successful a release.

"Our absorption is connected delivering a clear, reliable acquisition for matchgoers portion minimizing disruption and helping residents navigate the accrued request the tourney volition bring. We privation to guarantee the World Cup is an enjoyable acquisition crossed our full region, portion showing the satellite everything New York New Jersey has to offer." 

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and FIFA exchanged blows astir the summons prices, with Sherrill imploring FIFA to wage for fans to be the games.

"Our medication inherited an statement wherever FIFA is providing $0 for proscription to the World Cup — zero. That leaves New Jersey Transit with a $48 cardinal measure to safely get 40,000 fans to and from each game," Sherrill said in a video. "At the aforesaid time, FIFA is making $11 cardinal disconnected of this World Cup and charging fans up to $10,000 for a azygous summons for the final."

A wide presumption of MetLife Stadium and the Meadowlands Train Station is seen from a NJ Transit bid earlier the 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)

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"I won't instrumentality New Jersey's commuters with that tab for years to travel — that's not fair. So here's the bottommost line: FIFA should wage for the rides, but if they don't, I'm not going to fto New Jersey commuters get taken for one."

FIFA said it was "quite surprised" astatine Sherrill's unprecedented "approach."

"FIFA World Cup volition bring millions of fans to North America on with related economical impact. Many fans volition question to NYNJ to bask the 8 matches scheduled. FIFA is not alert of immoderate different large lawsuit antecedently held astatine NYNJ Stadium, including different large sports, planetary performance tours, etc., wherever organizers were required to wage for instrumentality transportation," it said.

The archetypal crippled played astatine MetLife Stadium volition beryllium June 13, and it volition big 8 matches, including the last connected July 19.

A Meadowlands motion is displayed astatine Secaucus Junction presumption successful Secaucus, New Jersey, connected April 17, 2026. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Under the conception "What Fans Should Expect" successful its release, NJ Transit and the Host Committee said that "travel volition look antithetic from a emblematic day," and those not attending games should debar nonessential question connected lucifer days. Some won't person a choice, arsenic work retired of New York Penn Station to New Jersey volition beryllium halted connected lucifer days opening 4 hours earlier crippled time.

The World Cup begins connected June 12 successful Los Angeles connected FOX.

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