$100 Train Tickets To $11K Seats: What Fans Are Paying To Attend The World Cup

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 12: Entrance to Penn Station before the 2026 Big East Men's Tournament - Quarterfinal game between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Villanova Wildcats at Madison Square Garden on March 12, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) Getty Images As if World Cup tickets weren't expensive enough, fans who plan to attend games at two east coast venues are faced with another looming price increase. That would be transportation to the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.

J. Local authorities in each state want to charge fans a considerable amount of money just to get to the venues for World Cup games in June and July. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority first made headlines on April 6, when it announced that a roundtrip ticket to Gillette Stadium would cost a spectator $80, some four times the usual rate that individuals pay to travel to New England Patriots' NFL games.

On April 14, the Boston Host Committee announced a plan for shuttle buses to take fans to and from matches. The price is $95 per person. There is limited parking at Gillette, with spots starting at $175 each for each of the seven World Cup matches.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 29: A passenger views a New Jersey Transit information map at Penn Station, September 29, 2016 in New York City. Earlier in the day, over 100 people were injured during a New Jersey Transit train accident in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images Up, up and away As bad as that sounds, the New England situation is actually small potatoes to what is transpiring in New Jersey, with roundtrip train tickets from Penn Station to the Meadowlands costing at least $100, a seven-fold increase, and as much as $150, a 12-fold increase, per person per match, according to The Athletic .