NJ Transit World Cup train tickets see eyepoppingly slow sales ahead of upcoming tournament

MetLife Stadium volition big its archetypal World Cup crippled adjacent Saturday, but it does not look similar galore fans astatine the infinitesimal volition beryllium taking nationalist proscription there.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 New York New Jersey Host Committee and NJ Transit primitively announced that round-trip bid tickets to and from the stadium volition outgo $150 — a mean summons from Penn Station to MetLife Stadium is $12.90. However, aft other backstage funding, tickets person since been lowered to $98.

NJ Transit is readying to transport 40,000 radical for each of MetLife Stadium's 8 games, but according to The Athletic, arsenic of Monday astatine 5 p.m. ET, lone 17,739 full tickets person been purchased crossed the entirety of the eight-game slate.

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Transit officials are preparing for an unprecedented fig of riders during World Cup matches this summer. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

That is little than 6% of the 320,000 tickets available.

As of 3 p.m. ET connected Tuesday, bid schedules are not yet available, but fans tin acquisition tickets successful prime departure clip windows, ranging from 1 to 5 hours earlier kickoff.

Fans person been encouraged to bargain tickets successful advance, arsenic they volition not beryllium disposable for acquisition connected crippled day.

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. 

Commuters determination done the NJ Transit conception of Penn Station successful New York City connected May 20, 2025, aft NJ Transit resumed operations pursuing a tentative woody to extremity a three-day onslaught by bid engineers. (Michael M. Santiago/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," FIFA said. "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."

New Jersey Transit branding is displayed successful beforehand of MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, up of the 2026 World Cup connected May 1, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

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Many question restrictions person been placed connected crippled days arsenic well, including NJ Transit work into and retired of New York being suspended opening 4 hours earlier matches start, but for World Cup attendees. There besides volition beryllium nary parking astatine MetLife Stadium, and rideshare volition besides beryllium unavailable connected stadium property. Instead, rideshare users volition beryllium dropped disconnected adjacent the racetrack adjacent to the stadium.

The archetypal lucifer features Brazil and Morocco, and MetLife Stadium is besides hosting the title connected July 19.