not going to be paying for moving the people<\/a> who are viewing the World Cup on the back of New Jersey taxpayers and New Jersey commuters,\u201d Sherrill told reporters, hitting out at the state\u2019s agreement with FIFA that left the NJT on the hook for the estimated $48 million cost of shuttling fans to the stadium.<\/p>\n\u201cWe have inherited an agreement in which FIFA doesn\u2019t contribute a single dollar toward transportation for the World Cup. And while NJ Transit is left with a $48 million bill to safely transport 40,000 fans from the stadium to wherever they\u2019re headed, FIFA is generating $11 billion from this World Cup,\u201d Sherrill posted on X.<\/p>\n
NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill has been at loggerheads with FIFA over the transit system\u2019s plan to jack up the price of a train ticket from Penn Station to the eight matches taking place at the Meadowlands. X\/@GovSherrillNJ<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t stick N.J. commuters with that tab for years to come, that\u2019s not fair,\u201d she added. \u201cFIFA should pay for the rides, but if they don\u2019t, I\u2019m not going to let N.J. commuters be taken for one.\u201d<\/p>\n
The competition organizer countered Sherill\u2019s attack by denying responsibility for the planned price hike and citing an agreement signed with host cities in 2018 that free transportation would be provided.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are quite surprised by the NJ Governor\u2019s approach today on fan transportation,\u201d a FIFA spokesperson said of Sherill\u2019s attack on it \u201cproviding $0 for transportation\u201d despite \u201cmaking $11 billion\u201d from the international spectacle.<\/p>\n
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But after \u201crecognizing the financial strain\u201d on host cities, the governing body revised the agreement in 2023 to ensure ticket holders could get to and from stadiums at the typical cost, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFIFA worked for years with host cities on transportation and mobility plans, including advocating for millions of dollars in federal funding to support host cities for transportation,\u201d the spokesman insisted, while pushing how lucrative the tournament will be for host cities.<\/p>\n
\u201cFIFA World Cup will bring millions of fans to North America along with related economic impact. Many fans will travel to NYNJ to enjoy the eight matches scheduled.<\/p>\n
\u201cFIFA is not aware of any other major event previously held at [Metlife] Stadium, including other major sports, global concert tours, etc., where organizers were required to pay for fan transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The competition organizer countered Sherill\u2019s attack by denying responsibility for the planned price hike and citing an agreement signed with host cities in 2018 that free transportation would be provided. Getty Images<\/p>\n
The World Cup could also be a nightmare for Jersey-bound commuters trying to get home on the six game days when a match is being held during the evening rush.<\/p>\n
On game nights, (June 13, June 16, June 22, June 25, June 27, June 30, July 5 and July 19), only tournament ticket holders will be able to access the NJT portion of Penn Station for the four hours leading up to kick off.<\/p>\n
Parking will not be allowed at the stadium during the games. However the American Dream mall, which shares a parking lot with MetLife Stadium, is making some spots available through JustPark, FIFA\u2019s official parking platform, with prices ranging from $225 and $300, depending on the tournament round.<\/p>\n
Sherrill again took to X after Kolluri\u2019s announcement and repeated her assertion that \u201cFIFA should cover the cost of transporting its fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it won\u2019t, we will not be subsidizing World Cup ticket holders on the backs of New Jerseyans who rely on NJ Transit every day,\u201d she wrote, however without specifying what leverage her state might have to push back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a real kick in the balls. NJ Transit officials formally announced its sky-high $150 round-trip ticket prices…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11015,44571,57,22154,9,11,10,400,319,58,33009],"class_list":["post-201194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-club-world-cup","tag-metro","tag-new-jersey-transit","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-us-news","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}