I'm with the Gov on this one; why should her constituents pay for out-of-staters to come watch a foreign, imitative and inferior form of genuine football?

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NJ Transit officially announces exorbitant $150 round-trip train tickets to World Cup games

NJ Transit officials formally announced its sky-high $150 round-trip ticket prices for trains headed to FIFA World Cup games at the Meadowlands, confirming controversial reports from earlier this week.

To make matters worse, Kris Kolluri, president of the Garden State’s largest transit network, also told reporters Friday that just 40,000 tickets will be made available, and once they’re gone, remaining rail-riding soccer fans will be out of luck.

He also said two shuttle buses would be available to take passengers to New York-New Jersey Stadium from Port Authority and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in Nutley at a teeth-clenching cost of $80 a pop.

The staggering price tag, a more than 1,000% increase over the usual $12.90 roundtrip fare for the 18-mile journey, was first reported by The Athletic, citing an inside source.

NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill has been at loggerheads with FIFA over the transit system’s plan to jack up the price of a train ticket from Penn Station to the eight matches taking place at the Meadowlands.

“We are not going to be paying for moving the people who are viewing the World Cup on the back of New Jersey taxpayers and New Jersey commuters,” Sherrill told reporters, hitting out at the state’s agreement with FIFA that left the NJT on the hook for the estimated $48 million cost of shuttling fans to the stadium.

“We have inherited an agreement in which FIFA doesn’t contribute a single dollar toward transportation for the World Cup. And while NJ Transit is left with a $48 million bill to safely transport 40,000 fans from the stadium to wherever they’re headed, FIFA is generating $11 billion from this World Cup,” Sherrill posted on X.

“I won’t stick N.J. commuters with that tab for years to come, that’s not fair,” she added. “FIFA should pay for the rides, but if they don’t, I’m not going to let N.J. commuters be taken for one.”

The competition organizer countered Sherill’s attack by denying responsibility for the planned price-hike, and citing an agreement signed with host cities in 2018 that free transportation would be provided.

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The World Cup could also be a nightmare for Jersey-bound commuters trying to get home on the six game days when a match is being held during the evening rush.

On game nights, (June 13, June 16, June 22, June 25, June 27, June 30, July 5 and July 19), only tournament ticket holders will be able to access the NJT portion of Penn Station for the four hours leading up to kick off.