00:00 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
The first World Cup World Cup game at MetLife is this Saturday. Thousands expected to be on the road taking the train or a bus to get to that match. Bloomberg says it like this. They say it like this. Be prepared for detours, road closures, delays and crowds. Jake, how nervous are you about this? <\/p>\n
00:15 Jake <\/p>\n
So I’ll tell you what. I’ve got to pick up a rental car tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow, Friday. I got a message today saying expect road closures, expect things to be closed down, expect traffic. <\/p>\n
00:27 Jake <\/p>\n
I’ve got to find street parking for an F-150. Expect to not be able to find that street parking. So where does that leave me? But again, obviously, it’s a huge deal for New Jersey to be hosting this, right? This is a huge business for MetLife, which they’ve renamed the New York New Jersey Stadium for the event. <\/p>\n
00:46 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
Brazil versus Morocco. It’s a big game. It’s big business for for New Jersey, but for all of us who get on the train every day. Well the two of us were talking over lunch today in the news room, the path train, I mean just is going to be a disaster. <\/p>\n
00:58 Jake <\/p>\n
I’m I’m going to come in early and try to avoid the crowds. <\/p>\n
01:00 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
Or do you think Brooke, is this overhyped or no, this is real, we are in a full, it’s a it’s a no driving nightmare situation. <\/p>\n
01:10 Brooke <\/p>\n
Okay, so I I take the train in from from Hoboken and I get to the office and then I go into Times Square to report from the Nasdaq every day. And I will say I’m willing to put aside the madness because the excitement in New York City right now, beyond just the Knicks is there with this World Cup. I mean, I’m seeing so many more tourists. Typically there it’s you know, high tourism in Times Square, but I am seeing them specifically here for this. You can just tell they have hats on, they have jerseys on. And I think that just this momentum, this opportunity that’s bringing not only to New Jersey, to New York City, but this is, you know, according to this Bank of uh Bank of America note, $11 trillion is going to boost US GDP. <\/p>\n
01:42 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
Big business. <\/p>\n
01:43 Brooke <\/p>\n
16 host cities. <\/p>\n
01:43 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
No, that’s great. <\/p>\n
01:44 Jake <\/p>\n
I agree with that. <\/p>\n
01:44 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
But let’s get back to Josh Lipton’s commute. That’s great. What what would you Lincoln Tunnel, Secaucus? What would you prefer or avoid the most? <\/p>\n
01:50 Jake <\/p>\n
So here here’s the difference, Josh. Here here’s the difference. Brooke and I take the Path train. We live pretty close to the city. <\/p>\n
01:54 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
You live out there. <\/p>\n
01:55 Jake <\/p>\n
way out there. There’s not much going on on the path. NJ Transit <\/p>\n
02:00 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
Oh my. <\/p>\n
02:01 Jake <\/p>\n
Different story. Different story. <\/p>\n
02:02 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
Well, here’s a stat. Aight, let’s hear it. Here’s a here’s a stat. Let me make sure I have this. Here it is. Um, new this article in Bloomberg, New Jersey Transit expects 40,000 fans headed to MetLife on match days. So people understand, so viewers understand. I mean, New Jersey Transit, um, not one of the more beloved public transportation systems in the country to begin with. <\/p>\n
02:18 Jake <\/p>\n
Not super reliable. <\/p>\n
02:19 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
to begin with. No. What is I mean, can you imagine? 40,000 more people? <\/p>\n
02:24 Brooke <\/p>\n
What happened to that ticket? Remember they had a higher cost ticket and now they took down the price. How does that work for you as an everyday commuter? Are you paying up to to travel? Do you know? <\/p>\n
02:32 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
I haven’t I haven’t heard that. I mean, if it’s coming, I wouldn’t be surprised. Just one more way you’re going to get nightmares. <\/p>\n
02:38 Brooke <\/p>\n
to make more money. <\/p>\n
02:38 Jake <\/p>\n
Josh, do you go through Penn Station? <\/p>\n
02:40 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
No, I just don’t go through Penn Station. <\/p>\n
02:42 Jake <\/p>\n
Because Penn Station is where you’re going to get all the closures. <\/p>\n
02:44 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
Penn station. That’s true. <\/p>\n
02:45 Jake <\/p>\n
Yeah, and they’ve said Penn station for people trying to get out of the city, expect serious delays. <\/p>\n
02:50 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
By the way, again, context is important here. It already doesn’t work. <\/p>\n
02:54 Jake <\/p>\n
It already doesn’t work. <\/p>\n
02:55 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
It doesn’t work. Now I’m a Hoboken guy now. Which is much better. <\/p>\n
02:56 Jake <\/p>\n
That’s true. That’s true. Yeah, you and Brooke. <\/p>\n
02:59 Brooke <\/p>\n
I will say, on top of on top of just the physical getting to work part of this, in Hoboken, I’m sure other cities in the area, there are also block parties happening. So really local economies leaning into this, local bars, restaurants. <\/p>\n
03:07 Jake <\/p>\n
Jersey City, block party. <\/p>\n
03:08 Brooke <\/p>\n
And it’s, I mean, I think that part’s great, but also that’s going to bring in more people, that’s going to cause more delays. <\/p>\n
03:13 Jake <\/p>\n
Look, I I am all for my local bars getting the business. I am glad we’re going to get the GDP growth. We’re supposed to get a bump in the jobs report for the next few months as they hire more bartenders, more service staff for the restaurants. <\/p>\n
03:26 Brooke <\/p>\n
And we already saw the leisure and hospitality sector go up. <\/p>\n
03:27 Jake <\/p>\n
Now, that’s supposed to keep going. There’s some modeling that came out a few days ago that said we should get hotter jobs reports through August. Now, some of that will come off, but it’s still going to be good for the economy. That said, am I a little worried for Josh Lipton? Just a little bit. Just a little bit. Just a little bit. <\/p>\n
03:34 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
Don’t be too worried. It just means Josh Lipton maybe coming down with, you know, a cold. <\/p>\n
03:40 Brooke <\/p>\n
I will say I did hear a lot of remote work happening in June, July because of this. <\/p>\n
03:42 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
A smart move. <\/p>\n
03:44 Jake <\/p>\n
Smart move, smart move. <\/p>\n
03:45 Josh Lipton <\/p>\n
Brooke, Jake, thank you both. Appreciate it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"00:00 Josh Lipton The first World Cup World Cup game at MetLife is this Saturday. Thousands expected to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[17409,102258,10663,9083,1066,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-263736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-hoboken","tag-josh-lipton","tag-knicks","tag-metlife","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263736","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=263736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}