Mamdani secures 1,000 tickets for New York residents that can be purchased at $50 each

New York City will provide 1,000 affordable World Cup tickets for $50 each to New York residents through a partnership with the NYNJ Host Committee. The program targets working-class residents and includes free bus transportation to and from the stadium and New York. Ticket prices for comparable group stage matches on Ticketmaster were far higher, with the cheapest listing reported at $535 for a Norway-Senegal game. The committee previously announced bus trips would cost $80, and NJ Transit tickets were originally $150 before private funding reduced them to just under $100. Tickets will be awarded through a lottery running May 25 through May 29.

"“A World Cup is coming to our backyard, and we want to ensure working-class New Yorkers have the opportunity to be part of it,” Mamdani said at a news conference in Harlem Thursday. “We sat down with the Host Committee to make certain this tournament belongs to the people who make this city what it is. Today, 1,000 New Yorkers are going to get into those stands for fifty dollars and a free bus ride. I'm proud that New York City is leading the way.”"

"“This program exists because the mayor was determined to make sure working New Yorkers would be in the stands when the World Cup comes home to New York,” said NYC World Cup czar Maya Handa. “A kid in the Bronx, a security guard in Queens, a restaurant worker in Brooklyn or Staten Island - they are going to walk into the stadium this summer because their city fought for them to be there.”"

"Tickets will be delivered to winners of a lottery system that runs from May 25 through May 29. At the time of publishing, the cheapest Ticketmaster listing for a MetLife Stadium group stage game was $535 for the Norway-Senegal match on June 22. The ticket-holders will also receive free bus transportation to and from the stadium and New York - the committee had recently announced such a trip would cost $80, while NJ Transit tickets were originally $150 before private funding lowered them to just under $100."

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