Mamdani secures 1,000 tickets for New York residents that can be purchased at $50 each

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that the City of New York, in partnership with the NYNJ Host Committee, has secured 1,000 affordable tickets to the World Cup for New York residents that can be bought for $50 each.

At the time of publishing, the cheapest Ticketmaster listing for a MetLife Stadium group stage game was $535 for the Norway-Senegal match on June 22.

The ticket-holders will also receive free bus transportation to and from the stadium and New York — the committee...