Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani will go over how New York City is preparing for the event.
Officials will be breaking down preparedness, security, and transportation at the MTA Rail Control Center at 10 a.m.
The city has rolled out several initiatives, including affordable shuttle buses, and a plan that converts 42nd Street into a bus-and-shuttle-only corridor on match days.
The city says it will also declare each match day a gridlock alert day to discourage nonessential driving and to limit truck deliveries through Midtown.
It is all to ensure fans have an easy time getting to matches while minimizing disruptions for New Yorkers.
Soccer fans can take a $20 bus to get to MetLife or NJ Transit for $98.
NJ Transit has sold about 18,000 tickets so far, about 5.5% of its inventory for the World Cup.
Eyewitness News asked NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri if he had any plans to lower the $98 price tag.
"If price was a factor, 75% of the bus tickets priced at $20 would not still be sitting there. This is not a question of price, this is a question of the cost of the service. I've always been straightforward on this, this is not an arbitrary price we came up with, it's a price to provide the service. So from that standpoint, this is truly a decision for the fans leaving Penn Station to me," said Kris Kolluri, NJ Transit CEO and president.
There are also limited private buses and for hire livery services, as well as extremely limited parking for a fee near the stadium. The parking lot at MetLife Stadium will be off limits for security reasons, necessitating the other transit options.
Transportation officials anticipated only 6,000 fans would travel by ride share options, and just over over 20,000 per game being commercial-organized travel for FIFA-related hospitality, partners, VIPs and affiliates.
Organizers will expecting fans will wait until closer to the event to purchase tickets, with many soccer fans accustomed to buying tickets at stations on gameday.
Complicating things even more, if the Knicks keep playing like they have been, if a Game 6 of the NBA Finals is necessary, that would take place on Thursday, June 16 at 8:30 p.m., hours after France vs Senegal at 3 p.m. at MetLife Stadium.
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