{"id":255055,"date":"2026-06-04T11:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255055\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:07:10","slug":"nyc-officials-set-to-share-preparedness-plan-for-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255055\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC officials set to share preparedness plan for FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The countdown to the World Cup is on! We are just nine days away from the first match at MetLife Stadium where Brazil will take on Morocco.<\/p>\n

Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani will go over how New York City is preparing for the event.<\/p>\n

Officials will be breaking down preparedness, security, and transportation at the MTA Rail Control Center at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

The city has rolled out several initiatives, including affordable shuttle buses, and a plan that converts 42nd Street into a bus-and-shuttle-only corridor on match days.<\/p>\n

The city says it will also declare each match day a gridlock alert day to discourage nonessential driving and to limit truck deliveries through Midtown.<\/p>\n

It is all to ensure fans have an easy time getting to matches while minimizing disruptions for New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

Soccer fans can take a $20 bus<\/a> to get to MetLife or NJ Transit for $98<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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NJ Transit has sold about 18,000 tickets so far, about 5.5% of its inventory for the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Eyewitness News asked NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri if he had any plans to lower the $98 price tag.<\/p>\n

“If price was a factor, 75% of the bus tickets priced at $20 would not still be sitting there. This is not a question of price, this is a question of the cost of the service. I’ve always been straightforward on this, this is not an arbitrary price we came up with, it’s a price to provide the service. So from that standpoint, this is truly a decision for the fans leaving Penn Station to me,” said Kris Kolluri, NJ Transit CEO and president.<\/p>\n

There are also limited private buses and for hire livery services, as well as extremely limited parking for a fee near the stadium. The parking lot at MetLife Stadium will be off limits for security reasons, necessitating the other transit options.<\/p>\n

Transportation officials anticipated only 6,000 fans would travel by ride share options, and just over over 20,000 per game being commercial-organized travel for FIFA-related hospitality, partners, VIPs and affiliates.<\/p>\n

Organizers will expecting fans will wait until closer to the event to purchase tickets, with many soccer fans accustomed to buying tickets at stations on gameday.<\/p>\n

Complicating things even more, if the Knicks keep playing like they have been, if a Game 6 of the NBA Finals is necessary, that would take place on Thursday, June 16 at 8:30 p.m., hours after France vs Senegal at 3 p.m. at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n

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