New York City will hold a lottery allowing residents to purchase $50 tickets for the 2026 World Cup. One thousand tickets at that price will be available for New York City residents, with 150 tickets allocated for each of five group stage matches and two knockout matches at MetLife Stadium, which will be rebranded as NYNJ Stadium. Ticket buyers will also receive free roundtrip bus rides. Entrants must be at least 15 years old and can apply once per day starting Monday at regnyctix.com, with a daily cap of 50,000 entries. Winners will be selected at random and notified June 3, and each winner can buy two nontransferable tickets. The stadium will host multiple group matches, a Round of 32 game, a Round of 16 game, and the final on July 19.
"New York will hold a lottery to give fans the opportunity to purchase $50 tickets to the 2026 World Cup, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday. One-thousand tickets at that price will be available for New York City residents. The program includes 150 tickets for each of the five group stage matches and two knockout round matches held at MetLife Stadium, which will be rebranded as NYNJ Stadium for the tournament, in East Rutherford, N.J. Those who purchase tickets also will receive free roundtrip bus rides."
"Entrants for the lottery, who must be at least 15 years old, can apply oncer per day, starting Monday, at regnyctix.com. The lottery will have a daily cap of 50,000 entries. Winners, who will be selected at random and notified June 3, can purchase two tickets apiece. The purchased tickets are nontransferable, preventing resale."
"“A World Cup is coming to our back yard, and we want to ensure working-class New Yorkers have the opportunity to be part of it,” Mamdani said. “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 $50 and a free bus ride.”"
"NYNJ Stadium will host a June 30 Round of 32 clash and a July 5 Round of 16 matchup. The 2026 World Cup final also will be held July 19 in East Rutherford. Brazil will take on Morocco in the first match at East Rutherford at 6 p.m. EDT June 13. France-Senegal, Norway-Senegal, Ecuador-Germany and Panama-England are the other group stage matches that will be played at the stadium."
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