A new program will make 2026 World Cup tickets available to residents of New York City’s five boroughs at $50 per ticket. Tickets will be distributed through a random draw and will cover every MetLife Stadium game except the final. The program is expected to provide 1,000 tickets total, with about 150 tickets allocated for each of seven eligible games. Tickets will be in the upper bowl of MetLife Stadium and will include bus transportation to and from events. Eligible games include five group matches plus a Round of 32 match on June 30 and a Round of 16 match on July 5. The lottery opens May 25 at 10 a.m. ET and closes May 30 at 5 p.m. ET, with up to 50,000 daily entries and a limit of two tickets per winner.
"A new tranche of 2026 World Cup tickets will be made available to residents of the five boroughs at $50 per ticket. The tickets, which will be distributed via random draw, will be for every game at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium other than the final. They will also include bus transportation to and from the event. It is expected that a total of 1,000 tickets will be available as part of the program, with a block of about 150 tickets for each of the seven games."
"The games eligible for the program include five group games (Brazil v Morocco on 13 June, France v Senegal on 16 June, Norway v Senegal on 22 June, Ecuador v Germany on 25 June and Panama v England on 27 June), plus a Round of 32 game on 30 June and a Round of 16 game on 5 July. The tickets will be located in the upper bowl of the 82,000-capacity MetLife Stadium."
"The plan marks the first and to date only time an individual 2026 World Cup host city will provide special access to tickets for residents of that particular city. In that way, it marks a return to the status quo: residents of Qatar receiving discounted tickets to the 2022 edition of the tournament in the country. Mamdani is set to unveil the plan on Thursday in the Little Senegal neighborhood of Harlem in upper Manhattan, where he is expected to be accompanied by community leaders."
"The lottery system for the tickets will open on 25 May at 10am Eastern Time and close on 30 May at 5pm ET, with a maximum of 50,000 allowed daily entries into the lottery. Winners will be allowed to buy up to two tickets each. The initiative will be positioned as a collaboration between the mayor's office and the NY/NJ World Cup host committee not with Fifa, who have control over ticket operations and have utilized dynamic pricing amid much criticism."
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