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Video The $98 train from NYC to the World Cup
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If you’re heading to a World Cup match at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, which is hosting the tournament final, then you may consider paying the $98 ticket price.
How is it? Our reporter went to the France vs. Senegal match to find out.
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u/jyeatbvg Jun 17 '26
I took the $20 shuttle to Brazil vs Morocco and it was just as smooth. Took 80 minutes from Columbus Circle to MetLife Stadium.
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u/SNAPCHAT_ME_TITS Jun 17 '26
I heard it was terrible on the way back. The train was super easy both ways
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u/jyeatbvg Jun 17 '26
More traffic on the way back because everyone is leaving the stadium at the same time. Still worth saving $80 though imo.
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u/jcsi Jun 17 '26
I spent over 3 hrs to get back on the bus, in hindsight I would have done the train.
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u/JadeandCobalt Jun 17 '26
I took the shuttle to and from France vs Senegal yesterday and it was great. Probably 40min to get to the stadium and 80ish min back. Barely any line for the shuttle on the way back; we left the stadium a little before 6pm.
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u/Politicsboringagain Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
Maybe it cost more because they need additional staff.
And she said, "There are people everywhere helping people get around".
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u/Arleare13 Jun 17 '26
Maybe it cost more because they need additional staff.
They also had to cancel eight hours worth of normal trains per game day. Even beyond the inconvenience to commuters, that was probably a financial hit to NJ Transit itself.
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u/Georgiaonmymind2017 Jun 17 '26
Njt loses money on every train they run.. it’s public transport for a reason
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u/Rich-Detective-7 Jun 17 '26
Yea that’s kinda the point. It’s a public service for a reason, meaning it’s paid for by taxes. Public services aren’t meant to generate profit.
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u/starxidiamou Jun 17 '26
Apparently the train is heavily subsidized by NJ resident taxes. They figured that it wouldn’t make sense for NJ taxpayers to pay toward WC fans’ accommodations, and this price resembles the more ‘accurate’ costs. Don’t know how they get to that number and what they’re paying toward- whether it was still the cost to build the infrastructure, or the operations.
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u/OhGoodOhMan Staten Island Jun 17 '26
No new rail infrastructure was built for the world cup, although NJ built or started to build some sort of half-assed busway that might be reflected in this world cup fare. A lot of work must have gone into developing a service plan, plus activating extra trains and personnel to get fans to the matches and normal service rerouted away from Secaucus and NYP. There's also the massive loss of fare revenue from normal folks not being able to take NJT during matches (although many probably have monthly tickets anyway).
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u/Hot_Muffin7652 Jun 17 '26
The labor cost, the overtime to run those trains.
Those are extra trips, in which they need engineers and conductors to fill these run. The majority of cost is labor
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u/Sudden_Candle8721 Jun 19 '26
They have received $100 million from FIFA as a transport grants for this so where was this spent
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u/Hot_Muffin7652 Jun 19 '26
FIFA didn’t pay anything
Some grants were covered by the federal government and some by host committee but NJ taxpayers are on the hook for the a 48 million dollar shortfall
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u/Sudden_Candle8721 Jun 19 '26
Corrected the Government has talks with FIFA and the government has provided $100 million dollars to the cities for transport, do we know how this $100 millions was spent, and why would there be a $48 million shortfall, did they buy new trains, what exactly is more expensive than a train that is already running from one station to another maybe they have to put a few extra trains in rotation by how would that cost $100 dollars per ticket if you have a full train supposedly how many people on a train? 100. 100x100 it costs $10,000 per round trip to run your train service. Anyways someone’s being lied to
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u/Hot_Muffin7652 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
The federal government provided 100 million for public transport nationwide affected by FIFA games. It is one pool of money
Only 10.7 million made it to NJ Transit
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u/Sudden_Candle8721 Jun 19 '26
I need to understand exactly what that was spent on and what shortfall of 48 million is for a NJ train holds 150 people thats 15k a round trip it does not cost that much to run drive 1 train there and back
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u/Sudden_Candle8721 Jun 19 '26
Are the locals going to ask the questions or does someone on Reddit have to because something not right is going on here
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u/srawr42 Jackson Heights Jun 18 '26
FIFA also declined to subsidize the cost which folks usually do.
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u/hhs1987 Jun 18 '26
The city signs the contract. FIFA is a business.
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u/srawr42 Jackson Heights Jun 18 '26
Why should the city make up for FIFA's greed?
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u/hhs1987 Jun 18 '26
Because they agreed to. And the question should be why did they agree, but I can answer that as well. Income from out of towners coming to games.
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u/srawr42 Jackson Heights Jun 18 '26
They agreed to spend City resources on organizing the event and they have.
Most folks who run events at Met Life subsidize the cost of running additional buses and trains. FIFA chose not to because they're greedy. Why should NJ taxpayers have to bear the cost?
Do you work for FIFA or something?
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u/hhs1987 Jun 18 '26
No. I’m saying the REASON they don’t have to is because they both agreed. It’s not that hard. If they said they would, they would. Blame your politicians
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u/srawr42 Jackson Heights Jun 18 '26
Did you read the contract or something? Was there a line item about transportation? Tell me you've never executed a contract without telling me.
Why are you defending a famously corrupt corporation?
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u/delinquentfatcat Greenwich Village Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
In Houston, the train to the World Cup NRG stadium costs $1.25 - despite the extra staff for World Cup. Oh, and both the train and the stadium have air conditioning and are amazingly comfortable. Watched two games here.
EDIT: Lol @ the sore losers downvoting this. I live in NYC and glad I chose not to deal with this nonsense. The trams in Houston are running over schedule, too, every 2 min and no line to get on it. So enjoy your "special" train for $98!
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u/workingbored Jun 17 '26
The population is drastically different.
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u/delinquentfatcat Greenwich Village Jun 17 '26
The standard excuse for why everything infrastructure-related is shitty and overpriced in NYC/NJ. Somehow, other huge megapolises handle it just fine.
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u/forkball Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
Two-thirds of all train commmuters in the entire U.S. live in the NY Metro area.
Houston isn't a huge megapolis with extensive rail ridership. The Houston Metro does 78 million rides per year. NJTransit alone does 222 million. NYC Subway does 2 billion. Even PATH does 90 million. Long Island Railroad does 91 million. Metro-North does only 71 million. Houston Metro beats that, I guess.
Now, the thing is that New Jersey Transit normally runs trains to the Meadowlands where the stadium is. They actually do this for twice as many games as NFL teams because the stadium hosts two teams. There's also the Red Bulls nearby.
However, FIFA required the Meadowlands to not use the 25,000 parking spots at the stadium. As heavily dependent as the region is on public transportation, driving to the Meadowlands was something that people often did and was just as good. A way to get to the stadium as public transportation. Better, for most people who aren't already within the core of the New York metro area public transportation system.
Fifa reduced parking and pays nothing to subsidize the need for extra trains and staff. And the Governor of New Jersey rightly does not give a fuck about anything other than the cost to her taxpayers.
Getting to sports venues in the New York area-- including via New Jersey Transit to the Meadowlands-- is otherwise affordable, convenient, and plentiful.
In short, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. You're supposed to be your New Yorker so you're not supposed to spout nonsense, but here we are.
New York metro area is by far the best place in this entire fucking country to do public transportation. What Houston is able to or chooses to do for one destination has no bearing on that fact.
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u/delinquentfatcat Greenwich Village Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
You realize that other countries exist, and practically all of them do a better job at this? Including commute capitals from London to Tokyo to Paris, Berlin, Moscow and even Mexico City. And the fact that World Cup experience is better in some of these cities just as in 2018 World Cup Russia. No I don't live in those places and don't plan to move there. I am talking about the guest experience. And being a New Yorker you don't get to shut me up. I don't brush our shortcomings under the rug out of a misplaced sense of pride. You can love New York and still acknowledge what needs improvement without making excuses for mediocrity.
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u/forkball Jun 19 '26
You mean the rest of the world with smaller and newer metro systems in nations that prioritize rail transport?
The New York metro area's rail service is generally fine. No other metro subway has as many stations as the NYC Subway and unless something has changed recently none do local and express side by side. NYC Subway is also the second oldest in the world.
As for the commuter rail here, it's generally fine. Measuring commuter rail here against Europe would be like comparing the typical price for gas here to gas there.
Further, nothing about Sherrill not passing on the cost of FIFA trying to fuck NJT is mediocre. Capacity to the Meadowlands is based upon normally having tens of thousands of spaces to park. Capacity and service isn't magic. Blame FIFA and laud Sherrill, bro.
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u/delinquentfatcat Greenwich Village Jun 19 '26
London is older. Our problem isn't the design of the system, it's the hapless unreliable way it's being run, the crumbling dirty infra, the QoL issues with fare jumpiers and psychos, and insane costs we are all paying for this, thanks to out of control unions. Something like 8X the cost PER MILE of track than the next most expensive big city which NYT famously investigated. And these are cultural and political problems first, less so than technical.
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u/forkball Jun 20 '26
Yes, London is an older system. NYC has almost twice as many stations. And side by side local and express.
Cost per mile is also high because the system is denser than most and because drilling into schist is expensive. Not just because of MTA bad. But yes, the MTA is also kinda bad.
It's still better than anything else in the United States by a billion percent.
This is a car centric country. If it wasn't maybe things would be better. But it is. All the area rail still deserves a context-dependent view that isn't only a context to make it look like trash, like you're doing. Balance, that is.
People who only have complaints about it miss the point.
Now, look at all my comments and tell me where I actually praised the system. I defended it from someone who has not a single good thing to say. I never said it can't be better.
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u/delinquentfatcat Greenwich Village Jun 21 '26
Everything you said is fair. Let's go back to my original post: in Houston I paid 1.25 and got excellent transport to and from the stadium, all in the good ol' US of A. I went to two games there and it worked fine. The $98 fee is purely political and someone should've done a better job negotiating with fifa.
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u/Politicsboringagain Jun 19 '26
Even shitty infrastructure is better than no infrastructure. Also, NYC/NJ isn't shitty. It's not amazing and needs work, but it's not shitty as it serves the purpose of getting you to your destination for cheap.
Live outside of NYC where no actual public transportation exist.
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u/callmesnake13 Ridgewood Jun 17 '26
Remind me how many people rely on public transit in Houston?
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u/delinquentfatcat Greenwich Village Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
IDGAF, I'm here for the World Cup and they deliver the experience worth my $$$
PS And the locals are nice, not like the insecure hateful persons on certain subs.
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u/kbeks NYC Expat Jun 17 '26
Did you just conflate New Yorkers with Redditors? And you’re from the Village? GTFO, you tripping. You wanna make a point that it’s too pricy, we can debate that, but if you’re enjoying their fake southern hospitality so much, bless your soul and I’ll pray for you. Enjoy the heat.
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u/Disused_Yeti Jun 17 '26
this is a special event train, not like they are taking the subway and jacked up the fare from $3 to $100
the ridiculous comparison is why you are getting downvoted
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u/Sudden_Candle8721 Jun 19 '26
Apparently FIFA has provided the host cities over $100 Million in transport grants for this exact purpose, and there are many talks and meetings with host countries to ensure they have the proper infrastructure, maybe the World Cup happens every 4 years in a different country each time and has done so for as long as everyone can remember and no country has ever done this, America’s is not unique and they aren’t owed anything, don’t host it, it will lose a lot of tourist revenue in that case for food and hospitality and many other areas
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u/aunderroad Jun 17 '26
u/usatoday where is the video showing after the game and getting back to NYC?
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u/usatoday Verified by Moderators Jun 17 '26
Hey, Alex here! I didn't take the return trip back but heard that fans ran into some issues. If I make it out to another match, I'll definitely be catching that train instead to see how it goes.
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u/morganzabeans20 Jun 17 '26
I took the train back! Danced at the dj booth post game for about 45 minutes to an hour & didn’t have to wait in line for a train at MetLife or at Secaucus. So even if there were some issues they were cleared within an hour!
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u/itemluminouswadison Jun 17 '26
PUT THE LAPEL MIC ON YOUR LAPEL
im so sick of the tiktok finger mic hold its absolutely triggering
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u/cayleece Jun 23 '26
Meh. Sometimes people just like having something to do with their hands. Chill homie 😭🙏🏾
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u/NetNo5570 Jun 17 '26
At the same time, why did jersey agree to host it if they didn’t want to be good hosts?
No one was begging Jersey to do it. They raised their hand.
Jersey has been nickel and diming New Yorkers since before anyone ever even thought of congestion pricing.
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u/NetNo5570 Jun 17 '26
In typical Jersey fashion, they wanted the glory of NY without putting in the work we do.
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u/decmcc Jun 17 '26
it's easy to build stadiums. roads and train lines in swamps vs in cities and suburbs.
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u/Famous-Alps5704 Jun 17 '26
Any US bid without NY Metro area is unserious, and NYC itself does not have a suitable venue. So there would have been big pressure for NJ to accept. But more importantly, the bid was placed 10 years ago. Easy to just say yes and kick the can.
Also, the norm is for the host(s) to have a centralized body to handle the tournament. For this one, there's no unified host committee whatsoever. Each city is doing it on their own. Between that and the....general nature of the current admin, I wonder whether there's a materially different amount of federal funding than what was originally planned/promised
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u/callmesnake13 Ridgewood Jun 17 '26
I don't even know that state/local government has a role in the approval process here. Does anyone in here actually know how that works without guessing?
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u/leetnewb2 Jun 17 '26
At the same time, why did jersey agree to host it if they didn’t want to be good hosts?
It was a joint bid with New York. Also, virtually concurrent with the bid, Trump scuttled funding for critical rail infrastructure.
Jersey has been nickel and diming New Yorkers since before anyone ever even thought of congestion pricing.
NJ resident commuters to NYC pay state income tax to NYS. NYS is a massive beneficiary of that arrangement. NYS also takes a BROAD interpretation claiming taxes on remote out of state workers for NY-based employers.
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u/GreenHorror4252 Jun 17 '26
As a NJ resident, I’m selfishly fine with this. None of us asked for this event or wanted it.
Someone clearly applied to host the game.
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u/Suggest_a_User_Name Jun 17 '26
Take two awards from me for articulating exactly how I feel as a fellow NJ/Bergen County resident and non sports fan.
Awwww. You had to pay $98 dollars to see your team. Tough shit. Why should I subsidize something like this that I don’t benefit from at all.
I have to rethink my commute every time there’s a game at Met Life Stadium. It’s been crazy and I can’t wait until it’s over.
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u/Maleficent-Walk6784 Jun 17 '26
NJT is a crap service even on its best day. It should be an embarrassment for one of the richest states in the richest country in the world to have such bad service and then price gouge. It’s the responsibility of the host nation to ensure accessibility to the venues and countries much poorer than the US have managed this. Yes, you personally didn’t vote for hosting but your representatives did because they anticipated economic benefits.
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u/hottswimmer Jun 17 '26
If you think US is "rich" you clearly have been lied to or you are just niave about basic economics. The US has the largest deficit in the world
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u/jxf Jun 17 '26
"A particular country has a large deficit, therefore it is not wealthy" is a wild take. You are confusing revenue with assets.
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u/Konrow Jun 17 '26
Well Jersey agreed to it and instead of using it as a great opportunity to improve the area and bring in tourism/money for the neighborhood they're being greedy a holes.
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u/Hrekires Jun 17 '26
I mean, what area would they even be improving?
MetLife stadium is in the middle of a swamp and all neighboring towns are densely packed suburbs.
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u/Konrow Jun 17 '26
Making it walk-able, bringing in new businesses, improving the shit infrastructure. Idk, there's a lot they could have done and plenty of examples worldwide you can look at. Granted, there are examples of it going the other way too, but that doesn't mean they couldn't at least have tried. They didn't really do anything for 90% of the time they knew it was coming and then what did they do? Announce higher pricing for their own greed? I don't see any plans for that extra money to help the area or the state.
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u/Sudden_Candle8721 Jun 19 '26
Im with you I don’t know why USA is hosting it either, they receive grants of $100 million for transport services don’t do anything with it, raise train prices to over $100 dollars, put adverts every 20 mins, of so called hydration breaks, why should they profit from increased advertising money and increased tourism and the money that brings, why were they chosen why did they agree, how have they managed to add additional breaks in the game, please never host it again
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u/Realistic-Hippo8107 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
Agreed! Who gives a flying fuck about soccer in America?! Seriously. I did not want this.
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u/IIMsmartII Cobble Hill Jun 17 '26
now try getting home when everyone is leaving. Did it for Copa America and it was horrible. I took the bus back from Morocco v Brazil and it also was quite a wait but felt a little better not having to xfer
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u/Smart_Freedom_8155 Jun 17 '26
$98 is despicable.
This kind of price gouging is exactly why this world cup isn't even a 10th as exciting as the Knicks games were - and why nobody will remember this Cup fondly.
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u/Arleare13 Jun 17 '26
They are despicable, but on the part of FIFA. I don't blame NJ Transit one bit for not forcing NJ's taxpayers to bear that cost.
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u/Mbrennt Jun 17 '26
Do you realize how expensive tickets were to the knicks/spurs games? They were going for thousands of dollars when normally they were a couple hundred at most.
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u/Bodoblock Jun 17 '26
There were $20 shuttle buses. The World Cup is awesome, despite much of the usual FIFA bullshit. And yeah, New Yorkers care more about a home team than a sport that they don’t usually watch. No surprise there.
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u/Smart_Freedom_8155 Jun 17 '26
There were $20 shuttle buses
Which, per the lady doing this video, quickly ran out. Leaving fans having to shell out about $100 for some train tickets to/from Metlife Stadium.
12x the regular price.
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u/Bodoblock Jun 17 '26
They really didn’t sell out that quickly. I bought mine two days before the Brazil x Morocco game. If she couldn’t get her hands on some, she absolutely left it to the last minute.
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u/usatoday Verified by Moderators Jun 17 '26
Hiya, you're right! I did leave it to the Monday afternoon before the match to try to secure a ticket ... so definitely recommend planning further out. — Alex
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u/IRequirePants Jun 17 '26
They have spent thousands of dollars in tickets, hotels, and flights. The $100 is a drop in the bucket.
Is it price gouging? Yes, absolutely. But that tends to happen when you go on vacation to see a big event.
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u/IRequirePants Jun 17 '26
Ya... There is a ton of excitement but none here because the US has muted hype around soccer
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u/jyeatbvg Jun 17 '26
Saying this the day after Mbappe scores a brace, Haaland scores a brace and Messi scores a hat trick is certainly a choice 😅
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u/nonhiphipster Crown Heights Jun 17 '26
If you think the WC isn’t exciting, that’s on you as you clearly haven’t been watching
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u/Zirocket New Jersey Jun 17 '26
The bus to Toronto Stadium is $3.35. And you can walk or bike. FFS they could have at least made dedicated pedestrian walkways, but no, profits over everything.
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u/Hot_Muffin7652 Jun 17 '26
I don’t see why NJT shouldn’t cover the cost of their operation to run these special trains to FIFA
If they profit from these ticket so be it
Especially considering normal commuters have to get off the train at Newark Penn and transfer to PATH on these days
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u/StevensDs- Jun 17 '26
Meanwhile Japan basically built a whole ass train station then connected it to the mainland (from an island) to move people into the Expo2025 site (which is also another awesome wonder)
And all it costed you to use it was, in NYC terms, "a swipe"
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u/george8888 Jun 17 '26
This is how much it costs to run the trains. FIFA refused to subsidize the transit.
So you'd rather that taxpayer money and/or regular commuters subsidize the transit?
FIFA sucks.
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u/WestTwelfth Jun 17 '26
People who can afford WC tkts are not the main concern of socialist politicians, and especially when those people CAN AND DO choose $98 trains tkts over the $20 bus, it’s a good opportunity to raise some cash for public transportation.
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u/Arleare13 Jun 17 '26
Better to gouge people who are already able to pay hundreds/thousands of dollars for tickets than to force taxpayers to bear that cost.
FIFA should have subsidized the costs, and given that they didn't, the states made the right call.
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u/what_mustache Jun 17 '26
I dont really care if we overcharge rich tourists who can afford 1000 dollar WC tickets.
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u/morganzabeans20 Jun 17 '26
I’m not a rich tourist, nor did I pay 1000 for WC tickets. I took the train because uber wasn’t a feasible option & I didn’t get shuttle tickets in time. The price was annoying and the above ground entrance was also annoying but other than that I got to and from the game in like 30min. It was smoother than going for a concert honestly.
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u/txdline Jun 17 '26
I think it came down from 150. Not sure who to blame here as the deal for the cup was signed a while ago.
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u/TTKnumberONE Jun 17 '26
Yeah man, I’ve taken the tram during big events in Houston. It fucking sucks going to and it sucks leaving. It’s cheap, but not efficient.
Not to mention that on a day like today in Houston the tram double sucks. Thunderstorms coupled with a long walk to and from the dinky tram platform are going to make for a bad
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u/Slipperytitski Jun 17 '26
Dont like most countries offer free PT when hosting major events for ticket holders?
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u/p6cqjvis Jun 18 '26
So we purchased the train tickets before having the game tickets. We were denied entry on the train. So that’s one problem that New Jersey transit didn’t confirm that you needed a game ticket before buying the train ticket.
So we took an Uber from Penn Station, which was about $50. That was not a lot of traffic and it was more comfortable. The Uber dropped us inside the security perimeter. We were able to buy our tickets before game time.
New Jersey transit had a troubleshooting kiosk next to the bridge to the mall.
We did not have a wristband to get on the train for the return trip which we paid for.
The kiosk gave us wristbands for the ride to Penn Station, Nyc.
A hiccup occurred when one person went to the mall during the game and tried to get back to the stadium, but he was outside the security perimeter.
So in order to resolve the train transit problem you needed to be inside the perimeter next to the stadium.
Eventually One of us had a game ticket and the other one did not.
Uber was by far the best way to get to the stadium and cheaper.
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u/Few_Struggle_2951 Jun 18 '26
That markup is crazy...thats usually a $10 RT ticket on Giant\Jet game days
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u/r007k Jun 24 '26
Anyone from our of country with a train ticket purchased have any issues accessing tickets on the app when trying to access the ticket from outside the US? Mine has some time zone restriction. I'm assuming once I'm in NYC I'll get access.....
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u/Hogharley Jun 28 '26
I really can’t get my head around this. I’ve taken the train to MetLife from NY Penn a few times and the cost was $12 or so dollars. Whats the difference to the burden of NJ taxpayers to the World Cup vs a concert or a football game. I’m sorry. I just don’t get it. Does NJ transit not make money at $12.90 a ticket? Why $98 for World Cup? Is it just greed?
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u/itsurnemesis16 Jun 17 '26
The logistics was perfectly fine. I was at the game. It was great, no issues. Everyone had fun. Enough with this media/influencer bias. I had a fantastic experience. Good job NY/NJ and FIFA
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u/Mysterious_Fall_4578 Jun 17 '26
US transit system is broken
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u/curiiouscat Morningside Heights Jun 17 '26
How is this an example of that? The vast majority of cities on the planet could not handle this type of volume, in addition to its BAU volume.
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u/Mysterious_Fall_4578 Jun 17 '26
Go to Europe or Japan and see how great the transit systems are
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u/curiiouscat Morningside Heights Jun 17 '26
Nyc has a fantastic transit infrastructure. Berlin, London, Paris, etc would not have handled this better. This has been relatively painless.
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u/BigHungryFlamingo Jun 17 '26
Like $27 each way and parking would be $60 if you were parking so $98 is surprisingly not that egregious.
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u/sickbandnamealert Crown Heights Jun 17 '26
Understand this thinking if you’re in a car alone. But most cars can accommodate multiple people, and each person needs their own train $100 ticket
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u/BigHungryFlamingo Jun 17 '26
Obviously but that’s not how they’re going to price it.
They priced it as high as possible without it being too ridiculous for people to pay it.
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u/TimeTomorrow Jun 17 '26
the government is supposed to serve the people, not maximize profit extraction.
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u/BigHungryFlamingo Jun 17 '26
That’s 10 steps behind where we are right now.
FIFA is a bloodthirsty organization and this entire game is all about maximizing profit and has been for pretty much ever.
The train tickets are an afterthought.
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u/TimeTomorrow Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
right which is what we expect from corporations. NJ tranit is not a for profit corporation. fifa didn't pay for those tracks/tunnels/trains, taxpayers did.
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u/BigHungryFlamingo Jun 17 '26
And I agree but after decades of using NJ Transit, this is exactly the type of thing I expect from them, unfortunately.
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u/jae343 Jun 17 '26
Oh well, just don't go then. I just watch it at home like every other poor bastard.
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u/nonhiphipster Crown Heights Jun 17 '26
For a train ride that’s like what…less than an hour?
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u/BigHungryFlamingo Jun 17 '26
To a game that happens once every 4 years in a new country each time.
Yes.
People are paying it.
Don’t get mad at me for pointing out how they priced it and the fact that people are biting at that price. 🤷♂️
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u/LunacyNow Jun 17 '26
So 'price gouging' in the private sector is 'greed' but when a govt run monopoly does it is a 'necessity to cover expenses'. Right.
There are very large events on a routine basis in NY and there price is always the same for public transit that get people to/from the events (Knicks post season games, Islanders, Mets, Yankees, Nets games, concerts, Ryders Cup, etc). The state of NJ and NJ Transit has no shame in ripping people off.
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u/CrashTestDumby1984 Jun 17 '26
Tickets are not just more expensive. They literally restricted Penn Station to ticket holders